- a person who practises alchemy
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al•che•mist
(al′kə mist),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who is versed in or practices alchemy.
- Medieval Latin alchymista, equivalent. to alchym(ia) alchemy + -ista -ist
- 1350–1400; Middle English alkamist; probably
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alchemist /ˈælkəmɪst/ n
Alchemist, The,
- Literaturea comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
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