alchemist

Definitions of alchemist
  1. noun
    one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
    synonyms: alchimist
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    type of:
    egg-head, egghead, high-brow, highbrow, intellectueel
    a person who uses the mind creatively
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