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ACADEMICIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An educator who works at a college or university

Synonyms:

academic; academician; faculty member

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("academician" is a kind of...):

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "academician"):

prof; professor (someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university)

Derivation:

academy (a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge)

academy (a school for special training)

academy (a secondary school (usually private))

academy (an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A scholar who is skilled in academic disputation

Synonyms:

academician; schoolman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("academician" is a kind of...):

bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)

Derivation:

academy (a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge)

academy (a school for special training)

academy (a secondary school (usually private))

academy (an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone elected to honorary membership in an academy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("academician" is a kind of...):

honoree (a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments)

Holonyms ("academician" is a member of...):

academy; honorary society (an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature)

Derivation:

academicianship (the position of member of an honorary academy)

academy (a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge)

academy (an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature)

Credits