naturalist

naturalist
a) A person committed to studying nature or natural history.
b) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.

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  • naturalist — (n.) student of plants and animals, c.1600, from Fr. naturaliste, from natural (see NATURAL (Cf. natural) (adj.)). Earlier one who studies natural, rather than spiritual, things (1580s) …   Etymology dictionary

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