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academician Definition

acad·emi·cian (ə kad′ə mis̸hən, ak′ə də-)

noun

  1. a member of an academy (sense )
  2. an artist, writer, etc. who follows certain academic rules or conventions

Etymology: Fr académicien

academician Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: It also supplied a focus for those painters who, whatever their merits, had not been thought fit to invite to become Academicians.

Adjective modifier

  • full: He became ARA in 1845, and a full Academician in 1852.
  • distinguished: Professor Walter Nash: I wish to draw your attention to a distinguished retired academician and his works.
  • fellow: He tried to keep up with the news from the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon and from his fellow academicians and naturalists.
  • French: The French academicians set to work, and calculated that, from the resistance of the air, it was impossible.
  • elected: Sara is an elected Academician of the Social Sciences.

Used with adjective complement

  • elect: In October 2005, he was elected Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences.

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