noun
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a shop selling medicines, cosmetics, etc
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a qualified dispenser of prescribed medicines
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a person studying, trained in, or engaged in chemistry
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an obsolete word for alchemist
Other Word Forms
- nonchemist noun
Etymology
Origin of chemist
First recorded in 1555–65; from Greek chēm(ía) (also chēmeía, chymeía ) “art of alloying metals; alchemy” + -ist; replacing chymist, from Medieval Latin alchimista; alchemist ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Reisner added: "As a chemist, you only need one or two good days a year -- and those can come from a failed experiment."
From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026
A great cinematographer is a mechanic, a scientist, a technician, a chemist, a craftsperson and an artist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
In the early 1920s, inventor and electrical engineer Lee de Forest collaborated with chemist Theodore Case to create the first sound-on-film system, PhonoFilm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
People usually rely on landmarks instead - like "near the blue gate" or "behind the chemist" and so on.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Mr. Levinsohn, a little Jewish pharmacist and chemist, is working for Mr. Kugler in the kitchen.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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