scientist

The definition of a scientist is a person who is an expert in one of the natural or physical sciences.

(noun)

  1. An example of a scientist was Marie Curie.
  2. An example of a famous scientist from Vietnam is Tuan Vo-Dinh who created a variety of methods that allow for the discovery of diseases in the body without having to use biopsies.
  3. An example of a famous Hispanic scientist was Carlos Finlay, a lead researcher of yellow fever who discovered that the disease was carried by mosquitoes.

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See scientist in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a specialist in science; esp., a person whose profession is investigating in one of the natural sciences, as biology, chemistry, physics, etc.
  2. Christian Scientist

See scientist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A person having expert knowledge of one or more sciences, especially a natural or physical science.

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