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telescopist

telescopist noun: someone who uses a telescope.

Noun

telescopist (plural telescopists)

  1. Someone who uses a telescope.
    • [T]o the astonishment of the telescopist who first recognised the change, the comet was found to be double.1873, Richard A. Proctor, The Borderland of Science: A Series of Familiar Dissertations on Stars, Planets, and Meteors
    Synonyms:
    telescoper

Synonyms of telescopist

Forms of telescopist

pluraltelescopists

Origin of telescopist

From telescope + -ist.

Questions about telescopist

What does telescopist mean?
Telescopist means someone who uses a telescope.
What part of speech is telescopist?
Telescopist is a noun.
What is the plural of telescopist?
The plural of telescopist is telescopists.

Words near telescopist in the dictionary

  1. telescopically
  2. telescopies
  3. telescopiform
  4. telescoping
  5. telescopings
  6. telescopist
  7. telescopists
  8. Telescopium
  9. telescopy
  10. telescreen
  11. telescreening

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