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academician

/əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ noun

In Latin: acadēmicus Wiktionary

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  1. A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  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.

Origin

From academic + -ian (“one skilled in”), partly after French académicien.

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