ALCHEMIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone

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Nouns denoting people

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

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Derivation:

alchemistic; alchemistical (of or relating to alchemists)

alchemy (a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times)

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