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Nobelist

Nobelist

1 7.0
A person who has a Nobel Prize
  • noun
  • /ˈnoʊbəlɪst/
translation icon : laureado Nobel
  • One of my favorite authors, Nobelist Bertrand Russell, wrote about happiness that companionship—solid friendship—is integral to a robust sense of contentedness.

Examples

  • Fermi was one of the greats among Nobelists.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Many unabashedly mention the number of Nobelists among its faculty members and alumni in their prospectus.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Two people who signed the 2008 letter but not this year's are Steven Chu, a 1997 Nobelist in physics, and Dr. Harold E. Varmus, a 1989 Nobelist in medicine.

    Blog text (31)

  • Marie Curie is a renowned Nobelist who won prizes for her groundbreaking work in physics and chemistry.

  • The conference featured speeches by several Nobelists, sharing their insights on global issues.

  • This year, the committee honored multiple Nobelists for their contributions to literature and social justice.

Synonyms

Nobel Laureate
vsNobelist
8 4.2

A person who has a Nobel Prize

is the same meaning but uses an alternative formal title

Surface Forms

Nobelist singular
Nobelists plural

Morphology

Nobelist = Nobel (transparent) = Nobel + ist

Productive agentive formation from the proper name 'Nobel' plus the familiar English suffix '-ist', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Nobelist comes from the name Nobel, after Alfred Nobel who started the Nobel Prizes, plus the ending -ist, as in artist or scientist, which means 'a person who does or has something'. So a Nobelist is someone who has received a Nobel Prize.