naturalist
Noun
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Noun
naturalist (plural naturalists)
- (obsolete, except as merged with later senses) A natural philosopher; a scientist. [16th–19th c.]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 89:
- It has also been asserted, by some naturalists, that men do not attain their full growth and strength till thirty; but that women arrive at maturity by twenty.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 89:
- (philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]
- An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals. [from 17th c.]
- (art) A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism. [from 19th c.]
- German: Naturforscher, Naturforscherin
- Portuguese: naturalista
- Russian: натурали́ст
- Spanish: naturalista
- French: naturaliste
- German: Naturalist, Naturalistin
- Portuguese: naturalista
- Spanish: naturalista
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