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ALCHEMIST
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
One who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("alchemist" is a kind of...):
intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)
Derivation:
alchemistic; alchemistical (of or relating to alchemists)
alchemy (a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times)
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