academician
noun/əˌkædəˈmɪʃn/
/ˌækədəˈmɪʃn/
- a member of an academyWord Originmid 18th cent.: from French académicien, from medieval Latin academicus, from academia, from Greek akadēmeia, from Akadēmos, the hero after whom Plato's garden was named.
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