academician

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see also: Academician

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌa.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
• (America) IPA: /ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/, /əˌkæ.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/

Noun

academician (plural academicians)

1. (now, chiefly, US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]
2. A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, page 9:

     ‘Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge overdressed dowagers and tedious Academicians, I suddenly became conscious that some one was looking at me.’

Synonyms

• academian
• academic

Related terms

• academy
• academia

Translations

• French: académicien
• German: Akademiker, Akademikerin
• Italian: accademico
• Portuguese: acadêmico
• Russian: акаде́мик
• Spanish: académico, académica, academista

Translations

• German: Akademiker, Akademikerin, Student, Studentin
• Russian: студе́нт

Translations

• German: Akademiker, Akademikerin
• Russian: преподава́тель

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Academician

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Noun

academician (plural academicians)

1. The title for someone who is an academician.

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