chemist
pronunciation
How to pronounce chemist in British English:
UK [ˈkemɪst]
How to pronounce chemist in American English:
US [ˈkemɪst]
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- Noun:
- a scientist who specializes in chemistry
- a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
Word Origin
- chemist (n.)
- 1560s, chymist, "alchemist," from Middle French chimiste, from Medieval Latin chimista, reduced from alchimista (see alchemy). Modern spelling is from c. 1790. Meaning "chemical scientist" is from 1620s; meaning "dealer in medicinal drugs" (mostly in British English) is from 1745.
Example
- 1. An intelligent girl like you would make a good chemist .
- 2. The chemist kekule discovered the ring structure of benzene in a dream .
- 3. Scottish chemist joseph black discovered and isolated this potent greenhouse gas in the 1750s .
- 4. In 1972 he made the covers of both time and life magazines probably the only chemist ever to do so .
- 5. The technology was developed by a team of researchers at michigan state university led by chemist marcos dantus .