naturalist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)

   The word naturalist appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

2. 2
   noun

   an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms

   The word naturalist appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

3. 3
   noun

   A natural philosopher; a scientist.

   It has also been asserted, by some naturalists, that men do not attain their full growth and strength till thirty; but that women arrive at maturity by twenty.

From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.

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