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metallurgist

metallurgist

3 8.8
A person who studies and works with metals like iron and steel to make them useful
  • noun
  • /məˈtæl.ər.dʒɪst/
  • Specialized
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  • The metallurgist explained the complex process of metal extraction to the students during their field trip.

My father thought I could possibly be a metallurgist at the steelworks.

Examples

  • My father thought I could possibly be a metallurgist at the steelworks.

  • As a skilled metallurgist, she specializes in refining and creating new metal alloys.

  • If you want a job as an engineer, a software developer, a metallurgist, a lawyer, or even a CEO, guess what?

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  • My father's first job as a Metallurgist was with Hughes Aerospace.

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  • Yes, I am a certified gemologist and metallurgist, as well as curator of the Jewelry Division of the Museum of History.

  • An outstanding metallurgist, Dr. A. Q. Khan's professional excellence was matched by his passion and enthusiasm.

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  • To complement this team, Fleming established a network of metallurgists, ceramics experts, and physicists in the United States and Canada.

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  • Concepts for things like bridges and jumbo jets may be worked out rationally through the collaboration of structural engineers, metallurgists, designers, and others.

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  • Nevada mines employ women in a wide array of important jobs as engineers, metallurgists, geologists, equipment operators, attorneys, accountants, and permitting experts.

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  • After completing his studies in materials science, he became a metallurgist working with a major automotive company.

Synonyms

metallurgical engineer
vsmetallurgist
  • Specialized
7.9

A person who works with metals to take them from rocks, change them, and make useful products

focuses on the science and study of metals including their refinement and fabrication

Surface Forms

metallurgist singular
metallurgists plural

Morphology

metallurgist = metallurgy (transparent) = metal + urgy + ist

Formed by the productive agentive suffix '-ist' added to 'metallurgy', yielding 'a person who practices or studies metallurgy', a directly inferable meaning.

Etymology

The word metallurgist comes from metal and the root -urgy meaning 'work', with -ist meaning 'person'. So a metallurgist is literally someone who 'works with metals', which matches their job of studying, testing, and improving metal materials.