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a biologist who studies systematics and classifies organisms by their relationships
The plant systematist compared DNA evidence with the specimens' physical traits.
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a person who constructs, follows, or strongly favors an organized system
As a strict systematist, she assigned every document to a fixed category.
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Formed from the Greek stem systemat-, as in systema 'organized whole,' plus -ist 'a person who practices or specializes in.' The biological sense developed for a scientist concerned with systematic classification and relationships among organisms.