scientist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who studies or works in science.

   The scientist spent years researching a cure for the disease.

Common collocations

• rocket scientist Noun + noun

Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in March 1834 in an anonymous review of Mary Somerville's book On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences in the Quarterly Review as a suggested replacement for, and later seriously introduced by him in 1840 (see the quotation) as a more precise substitute for, the terms natural philosopher and man of science. Modeled after artist, from the Latin stem scientia (“knowledge”) + -ist.

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