Telescopist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who uses a telescope.

    "[T]o the astonishment of the telescopist who first recognised the change, the comet was found to be double."

Example

More examples

"[T]o the astonishment of the telescopist who first recognised the change, the comet was found to be double."

Etymology

From telescope + -ist.

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