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† ˈmineralist Obs.
[f. mineral n. + -ist.]
1. One who is skilled in or employed with minerals; a mineralogist.
1631Capt. Smith Advt. Planters 3 Better there may be, for I was no Mineralist. 1670Pettus Fodinæ Reg. Table, Mineralist, such as deal in Minerals. a1728Woodward Nat. Hist. Fossils (1729) I. i. 84 The..Mineralists of Germany..all agree that the Ludus Paracelsi is the tessellated Pyrites. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 660 The mountain..has several of the appearances described by mineralists.
2. One who follows Paracelsus in the use of minerals in medicines.
1628Ford Lover's Mel. i. ii, Mountebanck, Empiricks, Quacksaluers, Mineralists [etc.]. |