naturalist

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From natural +‎ -ist.

naturalist (plural naturalists)

(obsolete, except as merged with later senses) A natural philosopher; a scientist. [16th–19th c.]
- 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
  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.
(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]
An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals. [from 17th c.]
- a. 1776, Joseph Baretti, “Dialogue the Fortieth”, in Easy Phraseology for the Use of Those Persons Who Intend to Learn the Colloquial Part of the Italian Language‎^[1], 1835 edition, Turin: Joseph Bocca, page 236:
  I will leave off all my childish fooleries and diversions, and set about studying with such a rage, that when you come back next year, you may find the tongue I have now in my mouth more forky than that of some serpents mentioned by Pliny the naturalist.
(art) A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism. [from 19th c.]

person who studies nature or natural history

person who advocates philosophical naturalism

naturalist m (plural naturaliști, feminine equivalent naturalistă)

Declension of **naturalist**
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	naturalist	naturalistul	naturaliști	naturaliștii
genitive-dative	naturalist	naturalistului	naturaliști	naturaliștilor
vocative	naturalistule		naturaliștilor