academician

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1. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
2. Ancient GreekἈκαδημία (Akadēmía)
3. Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
4. Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
5. Ancient Greekἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
6. Medieval Latinacadēmicus
7. Latinacadēmicu
8. Frenchacadémique
9. Englishacademic
10. English todayacademician

From academic + -ian (“one skilled in”), partly after French académicien.

First known use, by meaning

• from 17th c. A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
• from 17th c. 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.