geologist

American  

[jee-ol-uh-jist] / dʒiˈɒl ə dʒɪst /

noun

1. a person who specializes in geologic research and study.

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Etymology

Origin of geologist

First recorded in 1785–95; geolog(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

"Researchers have long suspected that tectonic processes -- that is, movements of the Earth's crust -- played a central role in the formation of the King's Trough," says lead author Dr. Antje Dürkefälden, marine geologist at GEOMAR.

From Science Daily

In it, a French geologist mentioned a single sabre shaped fossil tooth resembling those of the massive predator Carcharodontosaurus, originally found in Egypt's Western Desert in the early 1900s.

From Science Daily

The author documents Tennyson’s reaction to books by the geologist Charles Lyell, the computer pioneer Charles Babbage and the astronomer John Herschel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their latest findings align with what geologists and paleontologists have reconstructed about Earth's early atmosphere.

From Science Daily

Going forward, geologists, engineers and economists will be needed, especially as Greenland's traditional livelihoods of hunting and fishing are expected to gradually die out as professions.

From Barron's