metallurgist

Other forms: metallurgists

Definitions of metallurgist
  1. noun
    an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals
    synonyms: metallurgical engineer
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    examples:
    Sir Henry Bessemer
    British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
    type of:
    applied scientist, engineer, technologist
    a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
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