Sci"en*tist (?), n. One learned in
science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a
savant. [Recent]
&fist; Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [a name for the
class of men who give their lives to scientific study] which has been
slowly finding its way to general adoption; and the word
scientist, though scarcely euphonious, has gradually assumed
its place in our vocabulary. B. A. Gould (Address, 1869).
Sci"en*tist (?), n. One learned in
science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a
savant. [Recent]
&fist; Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [a name for the
class of men who give their lives to scientific study] which has been
slowly finding its way to general adoption; and the word
scientist, though scarcely euphonious, has gradually assumed
its place in our vocabulary. B. A. Gould (Address, 1869).
