alchemist

[ al-kuh-mist ]

noun

1. a person who is versed in or practices alchemy.

alchemist

/ ˈælkəmɪst /

noun

1. a person who practises alchemy

Word History and Origins

Origin of alchemist¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English alkamist, probably from Medieval Latin alchymista, equivalent to alchym(ia) alchemy + -ista -ist

Example Sentences

And, he notes, even alchemists ended up making valuable discoveries.

From MIT Technology Review

Still, veteran testers couldn’t help but compare the easy-riding Excavator with the hard-charging Alchemist.

From Outside Online

“If you know Armand Hammer, they’re your favorite,” says Daniel Maman, the twice Grammy-nominated producer known as the Alchemist.

From Washington Post

Book after book, the famous alchemist Paulo Coelho has transmuted leaden cliches into publishing gold.

From Washington Post

Ever since, this mathematical form has signified the extraterrestrial, and it became a beloved symbol of alchemists and astrologists.

From Quanta Magazine

Baldwin becomes a social and spiritual alchemist by blending rage with love.

From The Daily Beast

Well, he was no Svengali, no alchemist and, obviously, they would have happened without him.

From The Daily Beast

Think of story and character as the tools of an alchemist, not those of a builder.

From The Daily Beast

I feel like they are the alchemist of the tuber world; they make everything from smooth, soft purees to beautiful crunchy pickles.

From The Daily Beast

With the masked, shape-changing American alchemist, it is impossible to know too much for sure.

From The Daily Beast

A chemist would regard it as waste of time to discuss his science with an alchemist.

From Project Gutenberg

The emphatic al places the alchemist as much above the ordinary chemist as the gold which he obtains is superior to other metals.

From Project Gutenberg

This celebrated alchemist lived to be one hundred and thirty years old,—an age which some biographers give to Marion de Lorme.

From Project Gutenberg

At this period the alchemist is represented by his descendant as a Puritan impregnated with the secret doctrine of Robert Fludd.

From Project Gutenberg

Orschall still accepted the old alchemist tradition but was sound in practice and was the best authority on copper.

From Project Gutenberg