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Webster 1913 Edition
Academist
A-cad′e-mist
,Noun.
[F.
academiste
.] 1.
An Academic philosopher.
2.
An academician.
[Obs.]
Ray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Academist
ACAD'EMIST
,Noun.
Definition 2024
academist
academist
English
Noun
academist (plural academists)
- An academic philosopher. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- An academician. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- an academic.
References
- 1 2 Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.