chemist

[kem-ist]

noun

1. a specialist in chemistry.

2. British.,  a druggist.

3. Obsolete.,  alchemist.

chemist

/ ˈkɛmɪst /

noun

1. a shop selling medicines, cosmetics, etc

2. a qualified dispenser of prescribed medicines

3. a person studying, trained in, or engaged in chemistry

4. an obsolete word for alchemist

Other Word Forms

• nonchemist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chemist¹

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. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of chemist¹

C16: from earlier chimist, from New Latin chimista, shortened from Medieval Latin alchimista _alchemist

Example Sentences

Other people can buy a flu vaccine from high street chemist shops and some supermarket pharmacies.

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Clandestine drug chemists will also shift away from using banned precursors, which is happening as well.

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The samples, identified only by number, were then tested by MedPharm chemists who did not see the original labels to ensure objectivity.

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He also brought in Chinese chemists to train the cartels’ own lab operators.

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Why would a brilliant chemist and geologist the youngest scientist to be elected to the Royal Society of London, in 1787—leave a fortune to a nation he had never seen?

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Related Words

• analyst 
• expert 
• physicist