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schemist

schemist noun: a schemer.

Noun

schemist (plural schemists)

  1. A schemer.
    • Baron Puffendorf observed well of those independent schemists1730, Daniel Waterland, Supplement to The Nature, Obligation, and Efficacy of the Christian Sacraments Considered
  2. A proponent of a scheme or system.
  3. (obsolete) An astrologer.

Forms of schemist

pluralschemists

Origin of schemist

From scheme + -ist.

Questions about schemist

What does schemist mean?
Schemist means a schemer.
What part of speech is schemist?
Schemist is a noun.
What is the plural of schemist?
The plural of schemist is schemists.

Words near schemist in the dictionary

  1. scheminess
  2. scheming
  3. schemingly
  4. schemingness
  5. schemings
  6. schemist
  7. schemists
  8. Schemmel
  9. Schemmels
  10. schemochrome
  11. schemochromes

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