schemist

English

Etymology

From scheme +‎ -ist.

Noun

schemist (plural schemists)

1. A schemer.
   • 1730, Daniel Waterland, Supplement to The Nature, Obligation, and Efficacy of the Christian Sacraments Considered:

     Baron Puffendorf observed well of those independent schemists

2. A proponent of a scheme or system.
3. (obsolete) An astrologer.

References

“schemist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• chemists, Mitsches, smitches, chemist's