chemurgistn.
/ˈkɛməːdʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈkɛmərdʒəst/ Chiefly U.S. Now historical.
An expert in or advocate of chemurgy.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with organic materials
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1934 W. J. Hale Farm Chemurgic xiii. 174 Theirs will be the work of chemurgists and theirs will be the life of content.
1939 C. Borth Pioneers of Plenty i. i. 21 Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, the chemurgist..declared that one of the big jobs to be done..is the huge task of converting farm products to industrial use.
1999 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 65 939 George Washington Carver..ranked first among pioneering chemurgists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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