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laborant

/ˈleɪbəɹənt/

laborant noun: a chemist.

Noun

laborant (plural laborants)

  1. (obsolete) A chemist.
    • [T]he Laborant, vvell vers'd in vveighing, vvas order'd to take it out vvhen 'tvvas throughly and highly heated, and to vveigh it vvhilſt 'tvvas in that condition (I being then preſent:) […]1673, Robert Boyle, “New Experiments to Make the Parts of Fire and Flame Stable & Ponderable”, in Essays of the Strange Subtilty, Great Efficacy, Determinate Nature of Effluviums. […], London: […]...

Forms of laborant

plurallaborants

Origin of laborant

From Latin labōrāns, present participle of labōrō. See laboratory.

Questions about laborant

What does laborant mean?
Laborant means a chemist.
What part of speech is laborant?
Laborant is a noun.
How do you pronounce laborant?
Laborant is pronounced /ˈleɪbəɹənt/.
What is the plural of laborant?
The plural of laborant is laborants.

Words near laborant in the dictionary

  1. labor-saver
  2. labor-savers
  3. labor-saving
  4. labor-value theory
  5. laboral
  6. laborant
  7. laborants
  8. laborate
  9. laborated
  10. laborates
  11. laborating

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