laboratoriann.adj.
/ləˌbɒrəˈtɔːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌlæbərəˈtɔriən/ A. n.
A person who works in a laboratory; a person skilled at experimental work; a laboratory technician. Now chiefly U.S.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > general chemist > [noun]
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1824 L. Stanhope Greece 111 These youths will be employed as refiners, laboratorians, carpenters, founders, tinmen..or carriage-makers... With these twenty apprentices, the laboratory may be rendered a permanent establishment.
1852 J. B. Nevins tr. A. Trousseau & P. O. Reveil Prescriber's Compl. Handbk. 252 The process employed by M. Dublanc, the head laboratorian of the central dispensary for hospitals, for preparing iodurreted oil.
1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 155 Young laboratorians at home..will not be slow to show their dexterity.
1929 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 6 405/1 The transfusionist, although not a general laboratorian, should himself be able to perform the necessary preliminary tests.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Oct. iv. 9 (advt.) Deputy Director, Technical Affairs: Provide management direction to the Public Health Laboratory Office of Management Information Systems... Doctoral level laboratorian preferred.
= laboratorial adj. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > workshop > [adjective] > laboratory
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1858 G. W. S. Piesse Chymical, Nat. & Physical Magic 87 Hydrofluoric acid, as it eats into glass, is sold in leaden bottles by the laboratorian chemists.
1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 173 The laboratorian chemists can liquify this metal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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