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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scientist \Sci"en*tist\, noun One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. [Recent]
Note: Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [a name for the class of men who give their lives to scientific study] which has been slowly finding its way to general adoption; and the word scientist, though scarcely euphonious, has gradually assumed its place in our vocabulary. --B. A. Gould (Address, 1869).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Researcher \Re*search"er\ (-[~e]r), noun One who conducts research. In the field of scientific research, also called an {investigator} or {scientist}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
scientist
noun: a person with advanced knowledge of one of more sciences [syn: {man of science}]
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