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protoscientist

protoscientist noun: a practitioner of protoscience: a researcher working on protoscientific research.

Noun

protoscientist (plural protoscientists)

  1. A practitioner of protoscience: a researcher working on protoscientific research.
    • Near-synonym: scientist
    Synonyms:
    scientist

Synonyms of protoscientist

Forms of protoscientist

pluralprotoscientists

Origin of protoscientist

By surface analysis, proto- + scientist, or, by surface analysis, protoscience + -ist.

Questions about protoscientist

What does protoscientist mean?
Protoscientist means a practitioner of protoscience: a researcher working on protoscientific research.
What part of speech is protoscientist?
Protoscientist is a noun.
What is the plural of protoscientist?
The plural of protoscientist is protoscientists.

Words near protoscientist in the dictionary

  1. protosatellite
  2. protosaturn
  3. protoscience
  4. protosciences
  5. protoscientific
  6. protoscientist
  7. protoscientists
  8. protoscoleces
  9. protoscolex
  10. protoscolices
  11. protoscolicidal

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