researcher

noun

careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles

Origin: MFr recerche < recercher, to travel through, survey: see re- & search

intransitive verb

to do research; make researches

transitive verb

to do research on or in; investigate thoroughly

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