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schemist|ˈskiːmɪst|
[f. scheme n.1 + -ist.]
†1. A framer of ‘schemes’ or horoscopes; an astrologer. Obs.
1641Brome Joviall Crew i. (1652) B 1 b, Another Schemist Found, that a squint-ey'd boy should prove a notable Pick-purse.
†2. One who is concerned with intrigues; a plotter. Obs.
1724Bp. Downes in Nicolson Epist. Corr. 581 The schemists have laid out Armagh for the Archbishop of Dublin. 1825G. McCann Right Private Judgem. 266 Manes was an arrogant philosopher and a great schemist.
3. One who forms a scheme; a projector.
1753A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 42 Her Under⁓taking is more likely to do Honour to our Country, than that of any other Schemist now in being. 1769Burke Late St. Nat. Wks. 1842 I. 112 Are not these schemists well apprised, that the colonists..import more from Great Britain, ten times more than they send in return to us? 1875Jevons Money (1878) 246 A number of Schemists have urged from time to time, that..there ought to be an interest-bearing currency. |