mechanist
[mek-uh-nist]
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noun
a person who believes in the theory of mechanism.
a mechanician.
Origin of mechanist
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These truths are as plain to the mechanist as they are to the vitalist.
Theism or AtheismChapman Cohen
Guttemberg; without knowing it, was the mechanist of the New World.
History of the Girondists, Volume IAlphonse de Lamartine
To employ the language of the mechanist, the necessary fall would be otherwise awanting, and the machine would fail to move.
Leading Articles on Various SubjectsHugh Miller
John Rennie died; a celebrated Scottish civil engineer and mechanist.
The Every Day Book of History and ChronologyJoel Munsell
Joseph Bramah, a very ingenious English engineer and mechanist, died.
The Every Day Book of History and ChronologyJoel Munsell
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