Definition of "alchemist" []

• A practitioner of alchemy. (noun)

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• "Whether Jabir counts as scientist or alchemist is an open question: within a generation, real science, intense scholarship and a palpable curiosity about the physical world began to emerge."
• "The word alchemist suddenly recalled the Archdeacon Claude Frollo to his mind."
• "I wondered if from one of those dark windows she were looking forth anxiously for succour, and I called the alchemist to my side and bade him send up a fire balloon as a signal that help was at hand."