noun
- an expert in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences.
noun
- a person who studies or practises any of the sciences or who uses scientific methods
noun
- Christian Science Christ as supreme spiritual healer
- short for Christian ScientistSee Christian Scientist
n.1834, a hybrid coined from Latin scientia (see science) by the Rev. William Whewell (1794-1866), English polymath, by analogy with artist, in the same paragraph in which he coined physicist (q.v.).