researchern.

1615 Maxwell (title) Admirable and notable prophecies,..by Iames Maxwell, a researcher of antiquities.

1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 120 Whether by chymical researchers it was ever found.

1701 W. Anstruther Ess., Moral & Divine iii. 97 Their too curious researchers, and wantonness of fancy hath made their Works as reprovable as their Lives.

1743 J. Mason Plain & Modest Plea for Christianity v. 27 It having been long ago confess'd by Plato, and other diligent Researchers into the State of Human Nature.

1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music I. iii. i. 253 The more sober researchers into antiquity.

1802 J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës I. p. cxlii Thomas Tyrwhitt, so ardent a researcher into ancient poetry.

1833 J. G. Whittier in New-Eng. Mag. Mar. 223 The researchers of the bosoms of men.

1879 T. H. S. Escott England II. 412 He is followed by the more thoughtful researcher, who goes beneath the surface.

1931 Times 18 Nov. 14/5 A studious researcher into detail rather than a broad and bold generalizer, Hewins was not one of the figures which catch the imagination of his contemporaries.

1999 G. W. Kronk Cometography Introd. p. viii Perhaps the first great researcher of comets was Nicholaas Struyck.

1883 E. R. Lankester in Times 21 Sept. 5 Teaching here appears to be producing an income which may support a researcher.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Sept. 12/2 By what means are we to decide whether the money paid to the researcher is being spent upon research?

1894 Westm. Gaz. 4 Dec. 2/1 The statute under which degrees are to be conferred on researchers.

1933 Time 6 Nov. 34/3 Researchers in Manhattan lately reported that children dosed with Vitamin A..had proven no more resistant to respiratory infections than a ‘control’ group which went without.

1963 C. Kerr Uses of Univ. i. 42 To the teacher and the researcher have been added the consultant and the administrator.

2008 Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 2/7 Yo-yo dieters are less likely to maintain weight loss than those who eats a similar number of calories daily, researchers said yesterday.