naturalist
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English
Etymology
Noun
naturalist (plural naturalists)
- (obsolete, except as merged with later senses) A natural philosopher; a scientist.
- 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, , published 1792, →OCLC:
- 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.
- (philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.
- An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals.
- a. 1776, Joseph Baretti, “Dialogue the Fortieth”, in Easy Phraseology for the Use of Those Persons Who Intend to Learn the Colloquial Part of the Italian Language, 1835 edition, Turin: Joseph Bocca, page 236:
- I will leave off all my childish fooleries and diversions, and set about studying with such a rage, that when you come back next year, you may find the tongue I have now in my mouth more forky than that of some serpents mentioned by Pliny the naturalist.
- (art) A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism.
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Translations
person who studies nature or natural history
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person who advocates philosophical naturalism
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See also
Further reading
natural history on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “naturalist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French naturaliste.
Noun
naturalist m (plural naturaliști)
Declension
Declension of naturalist
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) naturalist | naturalistul | (niște) naturaliști | naturaliștii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) naturalist | naturalistului | (unor) naturaliști | naturaliștilor |
| vocative | naturalistule | naturaliștilor | ||