Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who studies fossils; one versed in the scientific study of fossils; a paleontologist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.
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- noun One who is versed in the
science offossils .
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- noun a specialist in paleontology
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mary Anning (1799-1847), paleontologist and "the greatest fossilist the world ever knew"
Archive 2008-06-01 Peggy 2008
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Mary Anning (1799-1847), paleontologist and "the greatest fossilist the world ever knew"
Vote for the "most celebrated female scientist of all time" Peggy 2008
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It is well shaded by tall ash trees, of a species, as Mr. Janes the fossilist informed me, uncommonly valuable.
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For once, though no one living is abused; but as a matter of fact one purpose of the play was, as Dr. Johnson said, “to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward, the fossilist, a man not really or justly contemptible.”
Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Melville, Lewis 1921
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For once, though no one living is abused; but as a matter of fact one purpose of the play was, as Dr. Johnson said, "to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward, the fossilist, a man not really or justly contemptible."
Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Lewis Melville 1903
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Journey (Works, ix. 43) speaks of 'Mr. Janes the fossilist.'
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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The authour neither says he is a geographer, nor an antiquarian, nor very learned in the history of Scotland, nor a naturalist, nor a fossilist [893].
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Ib. [1132] The fossilist of last century is the geologist of this.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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The authour neither says he is a geographer, nor an antiquarian, nor very learned in the history of Scotland, nor a naturalist, nor a fossilist [893].
Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 James Boswell 1767
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One purpose of it was to bring into contempt Dr. Woodward, the fossilist, a man not really or justly contemptible.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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