Word Meanings - ACADEMICIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts. 2. A collegian. Chesterfield.

Related words: (words related to ACADEMICIAN)

• ROYALIZE
  to make royal. Shak.
• ACADEMY
  1. A garden or grove near Athens , where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head. 2. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university.
• ROYALIZATION
  The act of making loyal to a king. Saintsbury.
• PROMOTE
  1. To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born
• COLLEGIAN
  A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.
• PROMOTER
  1. One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy. Boyle. 2. Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation,
• MEMBERSHIP
  1. The state of being a member. 2. The collective body of members, as of a society.
• PROMOTIVE
  Tending to advance, promote, or encourage. Hume.
• ROYAL
  fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble;
• SOCIETY
  1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company. "Her loved society." Milton. There is society where none intrudes By the deep sea, and music in its roar. Byron. 2. Connection; participation;
• FRENCH
  Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. French bean , the common kidney bean . -- French berry , the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment. -- French casement See French
• FRENCHIFY
  To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize. Burke.
• ROYALTY
  1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday. 2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.
• ROYALIST
  An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government. Where Ca'ndish fought, the Royalists prevailed. Waller.
• ROYALISM
  the principles or conduct of royalists.
• MEMBERED
  Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations. (more info) 1. Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.
• ROYALET
  A petty or powerless king. there were at this time two other royalets, as only kings by his leave. Fuller.
• ROYALLY
  In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king. His body shall be royally interred. Dryden.
• MEMBER
  To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.
• FRENCHMAN
  A native or one of the people of France.
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
• MISREMEMBER
  To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly. Sir T. More.
• PRESCIENCE
  Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J. Edwards.
• BENEFIT SOCIETY
  A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.
• REMEMBER
  re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See 1. To have come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect;
• WISDOM LITERATURE
  The class of ancient Hebrew writings which deal reflectively with general ethical and religious topics, as distinguished from the prophetic and liturgical literature, and from the law. It is comprised chiefly in the books of Job, Proverbs,
• NONMEMBERSHIP
  State of not being a member.
• PENNYROYAL
  An aromatic herb of Europe; also, a North American plant resembling it in flavor. Bastard pennyroyal See Blue curls, under Blue. (more info) puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against
• REMEMBERABLE
  Capable or worthy of being remembered. -- Re*mem"ber*a*bly, adv. The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable. Coleridge.
• OMNISCIENCE
  The quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attribute peculiar to God. Dryden.
• FOREREMEMBERED
  Called to mind previously. Bp. Montagu.
• UNSCIENCE
  Want of science or knowledge; ignorance. If that any wight ween a thing to be otherwise than it is, it is not only unscience, but it is deceivable opinion. Chaucer.
• DISMEMBER
  1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone. By whose hands the blow should be struck
• CONSCIENCE
  consciens, p.pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con- + scire 1. Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness. The sweetest cordial we receive, at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. Denham. 2. The faculty, power,
• DISREMEMBER
  To fail to remember; to forget.