† scientiaten.
Obsolete.
An expert in or student of a particular science or branch of learning; (in later use) spec. a scientist.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority
masterc1225
historian?a1439
authentic1613
scientiate1647
supernaturalist1659
authority1665
connoisseur1732
pundit1816
expert1825
specialist1839
past master1840
sharp1840
professional1846
beggar1859
specializer1868
passed master1882
buff1903
man1921
sharpshooter1942
sharpie1949
watcher1966
meister1975
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > scientist
man of science1482
natural philosopher?1541
secretary of nature1580
artsman1632
experimental philosopher1651
artist1665
scientific1738
sciencist1778
scientist1834
scientician1841
scientiate1847
scient1854
sciencer1871
natural scientist1872
specialist1918
boffin1945
1647 T. Powell tr. V. Malvezzi Pourtract Politicke Christian-favourite 100 Such as will learne an Art or a Science, the first object that they set before them, is not immediately that of the Art, or that of the Science; but an Artist, or a Scientiate [It. scientifico].
1800 I. Ledyard Oration on Acct. Death George Washington 13 (heading) Ode, composed and set to music, by Mr. Stephen Hoyt, Scientiate in Divinity.
1847 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 10 135/2 M. de Bruchhausen's..theory of sea-motion, first communicated to the congress of scientiates at Bremen.
1885 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 28 Aug. 4/6 It is just ten years since that hard-working and painstaking scientiate, Mr. Alex. J. Ellis, gave us the first translation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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