Citizen scientist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 An amateur (or nonprofessional) scientist; especially, a person who collects data from the natural world that can be used by scientists.
"But now the stage is set for the return of the amateur, in a twenty-first century incarnation, as the citizen scientist. The popular spirit is willing. Citizen scientists already comprise the vanguard of a new nature movement, one as focused on […]"
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More examples"But now the stage is set for the return of the amateur, in a twenty-first century incarnation, as the citizen scientist. The popular spirit is willing. Citizen scientists already comprise the vanguard of a new nature movement, one as focused on […]"