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forensicist

forensicist noun: a person who specializes in or practices forensics.

Noun

forensicist (plural forensicists)

  1. A person who specializes in or practices forensics.
    • "Beyond his command capacity, O'Neill was also an extraordinary forensicist, as was evident in the FBI's investigation of the TWA Flight 800 explosion and crash in July 1996 off the coast of Long Island."2013, Richard D. Mahoney, Getting Away With Murder: The True Story Behind American Taliban John Walker

Forms of forensicist

pluralforensicists

Origin of forensicist

From forensic + -ist.

Questions about forensicist

What does forensicist mean?
Forensicist means a person who specializes in or practices forensics.
What part of speech is forensicist?
Forensicist is a noun.
What is the plural of forensicist?
The plural of forensicist is forensicists.

Words near forensicist in the dictionary

  1. forensically
  2. forensicate
  3. forensicated
  4. forensicates
  5. forensicating
  6. forensicist
  7. forensicists
  8. forensick
  9. forensics
  10. forensive
  11. foreordain

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