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systematist

systematist noun: a biologist who studies systematics.

Noun

systematist (plural systematists)

  1. A biologist who studies systematics.
    • Hence I look at individual differences, though of small interest to the systematist, as of high importance for us, as being the first step towards such slight varieties as are barely thought worth recording in works on natural history.1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
  2. A follower of systematism; one who reduces things to a system.

Forms of systematist

pluralsystematists

Words formed from systematist

Questions about systematist

What does systematist mean?
Systematist means a biologist who studies systematics.
What part of speech is systematist?
Systematist is a noun.
What is the plural of systematist?
The plural of systematist is systematists.

Words near systematist in the dictionary

  1. systematisers
  2. systematises
  3. systematising
  4. systematism
  5. systematisms
  6. systematist
  7. systematists
  8. systemative
  9. systematizable
  10. systematization
  11. systematizations

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