Scientist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scientist \Sci"en*tist\, n.
     One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one
     devoted to scientific study; a savant. [Recent]
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     Note: Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [a name for


           the class of men who give their lives to scientific
           study] which has been slowly finding its way to general
           adoption; and the word scientist, though scarcely
           euphonious, has gradually assumed its place in our
           vocabulary. --B. A. Gould (Address, 1869).
           [1913 Webster] Sci-Fi

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Researcher \Re*search"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
     One who conducts research. In the field of scientific
     research, also called an {investigator} or {scientist}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scientist
       n : a person with advanced knowledge of one of more sciences
           [syn: {man of science}]