experimentern.
/ᵻkˈspɛrᵻmɛntə/, /ɛkˈspɛrᵻmɛntə/, /ᵻkˈspɛrᵻm(ə)ntə/, /ɛkˈspɛrᵻm(ə)ntə/, U.S. /ɪkˈspɛrəˌmɛn(t)ər/, /ɛkˈspɛrəˌmɛn(t)ər/ One who experiments; one who makes or tries experiments.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > one who experiments
assayera1398
experimenter1570
periclitator1602
experiencer1644
experimentator1651
experimentist1667
experimentarian1690
experimentalizer1857
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. cj v You see, how the Mechanicien and Experimenter..are..tought.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall i. 32 That noble Experimenter, Monsieur Pascal.
1694 F. Slare in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 203 The Experimentors of this Age.
a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 293 A work of this kind would require assiduity in the experimenter.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 87 The experimenter should have the weights of his globe, in air and in water.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 319 Dilatation of solids has been made a subject of repeated and careful measurement by several experimenters.
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