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SCIENTIST
scientist
(noun) a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scientist (plural scientists)
One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.
Hyponyms
• citizen scientist
• computer scientist
• data scientist
• natural scientist
• pseudoscientist
Source: Wiktionary
Sci"en*tist, n.
Definition: One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. [Recent]
Note: Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [a name for the class of men who give their lives to scientific study] which has been slowly finding its way to general adoption; and the word scientist, though scarcely euphonious, has gradually assumed its place in our vocabulary. B. A. Gould (Address, 1869).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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