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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
naturalist \nat"u*ral*ist\, noun [Cf. F. naturaliste.]
1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of plants or animals; a botanist or zoologist. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. --H. Bushnell.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
naturalist
noun
1: an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms
2: a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) [syn: {natural scientist}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "naturalist": Marxist, anatomist, bacteriologist, biochemist, biologist, biometrist, biophysicist, botanist, commonsense philosopher, cytologist, dialectical materialist, ecologist, epistemological realist, geneticist, materialist, natural realist, natural scientist, physicist, physiologist, realist, zoologist
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