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ephemerist

ephemerist noun: one who collects or studies ephemera.

Noun

ephemerist (plural ephemerists)

  1. One who collects or studies ephemera.
    • The true ephemerist is as committed to the smallest neglected fragment as to the spectacular 'collector's piece'.1988, Maurice Rickards, Collecting printed ephemera, page 30
  2. One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets.
    • the night immediately before he was discoursing of, and lighting the art of those foolish Astrologers, and Genethliacall Ephemerists1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC
  3. One who keeps an ephemeris; a diarist.

Forms of ephemerist

pluralephemerists

Questions about ephemerist

What does ephemerist mean?
Ephemerist means one who collects or studies ephemera.
What part of speech is ephemerist?
Ephemerist is a noun.
What is the plural of ephemerist?
The plural of ephemerist is ephemerists.

Words near ephemerist in the dictionary

  1. ephemerides
  2. ephemerids
  3. ephemeris
  4. ephemeris time
  5. ephemerises
  6. ephemerist
  7. ephemerists
  8. ephemeroid
  9. ephemeroids
  10. ephemeron
  11. ephemerons

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