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academician

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Pronunciation
/əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ (UK)
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/əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ (UK) · /ˌa.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ (UK) · /ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ (US) · /əˌkæ.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ (US)

Definition of academician

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
    “One can learn more about the nature of our society by sharing in a small way the life of its victims than by interacting intellectually with its privileged academicians.”
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noun

  1. (US)A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
    “One can learn more about the nature of our society by sharing in a small way the life of its victims than by interacting intellectually with its privileged academicians.”
  2. A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.
    “‘Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge overdressed dowagers and tedious Academicians, I suddenly became conscious that some one was looking at me.’”
  3. The title for someone who is an academician.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek…

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Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -εια (-eia) Ancient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia) ▲ Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)der. Medieval Latin acadēmicusder. ▲ Latin acadēmicusbor. French académiqueder. English academic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English academician From academic + -ian (“one skilled in”), partly after French académicien.

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