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academician ‎(plural academicians)

1. (now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]
2. A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [From 17th c.]
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, page 9:

     ‘Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge overdressed dowagers and tedious Academicians, I suddenly became conscious that some one was looking at me.’

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• academicianship

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