See also: Academician

English

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Etymology

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From academic +‎ -ian (one skilled in), partly after French académicien.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌa.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/, /əˌkæ.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

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academician (plural academicians)

  1. (now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]
    • 1981 December 27, Dave Dellinger, quotee, Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 19:
      One can learn more about the nature of our society by sharing in a small way the life of its victims than by interacting intellectually with its privileged academicians.
  2. A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 9:
      ‘Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge overdressed dowagers and tedious Academicians, I suddenly became conscious that some one was looking at me.’

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French académicien. By surface analysis, academic +‎ -ian.

Noun

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academician m (plural academicieni, feminine equivalent academiciană)

  1. academician

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