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arcanist

American  
[ahr-key-nist] / ɑrˈkeɪ nɪst /

noun

  1. a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.


Etymology

Origin of arcanist

First recorded in 1900–05; arcan(um) + -ist

Example Sentences

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And while I know her role is largely administrative, I hope there’s a future in which she could dust off her arcanist tome and join us for a dungeon crawl or two.

From The Verge • Apr. 1, 2022

Abenthy was the first arcanist I ever met, a strange, exciting figure to a young boy.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“What do you know about my kind? There probably hasn’t been an arcanist through these parts in fifty years.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“No arcanist worth his salt can be kept in a cell,” I said.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Listening to the average citizen speak, it was easy to forget that this part of the world had not seen an arcanist burned for nearly three hundred years.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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