Definition of "scientist" []

• A person having expert knowledge of one or more sciences, especially a natural or physical science. (noun)

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• "Less weight, in fact, because our scientist is an "expert" and therefore, an "elitist.""
• "I'm a little surprised that people react so badly to your job because I think being a scientist is the coolest job in the world!"
• "When you think of the word scientist, like most, you might immediately conjure up images of a guy in a laboratory and a white lab coat doing experiments, and it usually has a clinical depiction."