algebraist

[ al-juh-brey-ist ]

noun

1. an expert in algebra.

Other Words From

• sub·alge·braist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of algebraist¹

First recorded in 1665–75; algebra + -ist

Example Sentences

Like the great French algebraist, Vieta, from whom he drew much of his inspiration, he was an amateur mathematician.

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If it is all his own, he will make a good algebraist in the time to come.

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The problem is of course (as any Algebraist sees at once) a case of "simultaneous simple equations."

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