Definitions
Person who studies plants, wildlife, and natural history.
Word origin
From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.
Used in a sentence
“It has also been asserted, by some naturalists, that men do not attain their full growth and strength till thirty; but that women arrive at maturity by twenty.”
“The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it.”
“Trinity received “Birds of America” in 1900 as a gift from Dr. Gordon Russell, a physician and alumnus who was a collector of ornithological and naturalist art.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Wildlife scholar”10 letters
02“Field scholar”10 letters
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