Nobelist
Americannoun
Usage
What is a Nobelist? A Nobelist is a recipient of the Nobel Prize, an award given annually for outstanding achievement in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and economics, and for the promotion of peace. Nobelists are more commonly called Nobel laureates. The Nobel Prize is widely considered one of the most prestigious awards in such fields. Each specific award is referred to with the name of the field it was awarded in, as in the Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Prize awarded for the promotion of peace is popularly called the Nobel Peace Prize. Nobelists are chosen by an international committee based in Sweden, with the exception of the peace prize, which is awarded in Oslo by a committee of the Norwegian parliament. They receive a medal and a sizable cash prize. Example: Marie Curie was the first Nobelist to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice.
Etymology
Origin of Nobelist
First recorded in 1940–45; Nobel (prize) + -ist
Example Sentences
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As the first Black African Nobelist, you’ve also had an enormous impact on contemporary African writing.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2021
Klara, the solar-powered humanoid who narrates the Nobelist Ishiguro’s powerful eighth novel, is an “Artificial Friend,” purchased as a companion to a sickly teenage girl.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2021
For sound money we, like Nobelist Sir John Hicks, think there is nothing more important than a balance sheet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2018
Laureates can’t speak off the cuff during the awards ceremony banquet, according to 2013 Nobelist Randy Schekman who won for his research into cellular transport.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2015
From left: J. Robert Oppenheimer, newly appointed to head the Manhattan Project’s bomb design lab at Los Alamos; future Nobelist Glenn Seaborg, developing plutonium for the bomb program; and Lawrence inspect the machine’s control console.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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