Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who prepares medicines; one who practises pharmacy; an apothecary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under
apothecary .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated One skilled in
pharmacy ; adruggist .
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Examples
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I was not consulted as a poet, but as a pharmaceutist.
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In 1883 Mr. Hekmeyer, pharmaceutist in chief of the Dutch Indies, exhibited at Amsterdam some specimens of Javanese edible earth, both in a natural state and in the form of various natural objects.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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King of Spain and the Pope of the period, and dated, if I remember accurately, 1534, had rested two and three feet below the earth's surface, and below the great tree, from the day the thirsty Spanish pharmaceutist, who accompanied De Soto, drank, and ate chestnuts at this spot.
Fagots from the campfire, Louis J Dupre 1881
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True, he was 'chemist by examination,' but it had cost him repeated efforts to reach this unassailable ground and more than one pharmaceutist with whom he abode as assistant had felt it a measure of prudence to dispense with his services.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories George Gissing 1880
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Most of these medical extracts are prepared in our chemical laboratory under the supervision of a careful and skilled pharmaceutist.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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The manufacture of this compound is under the special supervision of a competent chemist and pharmaceutist, and it is now put up in bottles wrapped with full directions for its use.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Dr. Copeman, pharmaceutist to the hospital at Norfolk, makes a favorable report on the value of the leaves in the form of tincture and extract, in rheumatism.
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Soulanges possessed a pharmaceutist named Vermut, a chemist, who was more of a chemist than Sarcus was a statesman, or Lupin a singer, or
Sons of the Soil Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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I was not consulted as a poet, but as a pharmaceutist.
The Physiology of Taste 1755-1826 Brillat-Savarin 1790
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