METALLURGIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals

Synonyms:

metallurgical engineer; metallurgist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("metallurgist" is a kind of...):

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

Instance hyponyms:

Bessemer; Sir Henry Bessemer (British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898))

Derivation:

metallurgy (the science and technology of metals)