Meaning & use
chemist
A scientist who studies the composition, properties, and reactions of substances.
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The chemist mixed the two solutions carefully to observe how they reacted.
She became a chemist after years of research into how plastics break down over time.
A note on using this word
In British English, "chemist" also means a pharmacy or pharmacist, a sense rarely used in American English.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
British English term for a pharmacist or a shop that sells medicine.
She stopped at the chemist to pick up a prescription before heading home.
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