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alchemist
[ al-kuh-mist ]
alchemist
/ ˈælkəmɪst /
noun
- a person who practises alchemy
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alchemist1
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Example Sentences
Baldwin becomes a social and spiritual alchemist by blending rage with love.
Well, he was no Svengali, no alchemist and, obviously, they would have happened without him.
Think of story and character as the tools of an alchemist, not those of a builder.
I feel like they are the alchemist of the tuber world; they make everything from smooth, soft purees to beautiful crunchy pickles.
With the masked, shape-changing American alchemist, it is impossible to know too much for sure.
A chemist would regard it as waste of time to discuss his science with an alchemist.
The emphatic al places the alchemist as much above the ordinary chemist as the gold which he obtains is superior to other metals.
This celebrated alchemist lived to be one hundred and thirty years old,—an age which some biographers give to Marion de Lorme.
At this period the alchemist is represented by his descendant as a Puritan impregnated with the secret doctrine of Robert Fludd.
Orschall still accepted the old alchemist tradition but was sound in practice and was the best authority on copper.
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