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Definition of mathematician noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mathematician

noun
 
/ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃn/
 
/ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃn/
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  1. a person who is an expert in mathematics
    • one of the greatest mathematicians of all time
    Topics Maths and measurementb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • brilliant
    • distinguished
    • eminent
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French mathematicien, from Latin mathematicus ‘mathematical’, from Greek mathēmatikos, from mathēma, mathēmat- ‘science’, from the base of manthanein ‘learn’.
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