natural historiann.
/ˌnatʃ(ə)rəl hɪˈstɔːrɪən/, /ˌnatʃ(ə)rl̩ hɪˈstɔːrɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌnætʃər(ə)l hɪˈstɔriən/, /ˈˌnætʃr(ə)l hɪˈstɔriən/ An expert in or writer on natural history; a naturalist.
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naturalist1600
natural historian1640
physiologist1653
naturala1682
field naturalist1789
physiophilist1804
natural scientist1872
naturist1925
wildlifer1963
1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 132 Like those Paphlagonian Partridges (whereof our Naturall Historians report that they have two hearts).
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 27 There are many examples found in Natural Historians, of Springs that do ebb and flow.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 69. ¶5 Natural Historians tell us, that no Fruit grows originally among us.
1780 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 379 There is a handsome statue of M. Buffon, the great natural historian.
1825 T. L. Beddoes Let. 29 Sept. in Wks. (1935) 606 Blumenbach..is, I fancy, of the first rank as mineralogist, phisiologian, geologist, botanist, natural historian & physician.
1884 Daily News 28 Aug. 2/2 A natural-historian who told us all about the height of Lundy Island.
1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 290 The Tibetans appear to turn a blind eye to the wholesale slaughter involved in the collection..of over 10,000 specimens by our ardent Natural Historian.
1995 Countryman Summer 113/1 Every New Naturalist was a publishing event that ecologists, conservationists and natural historians of every hue and complexion all knew about.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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