ologist

plural ologists · alternative 'ologist · alternative Ologist

1. colloquialOne who studies some branch of learning, especially one ending in -ology; a specialist.

   I was talking with my ologist this week and he asked if I felt like I was in a fog.

   2010, Joseph Potocny, Living with Alzhiemers': A Conversation If You Will, →ISBN, page 297

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   First was the increasing number of ologists. While they were far from dominant, their voices were heard throughout the agency, and what they said caused many of the foresters to think.

   1994, Different Drummer Magazine - Volumes 1-2, page 109

   Ologist physicians dominate America's healthcare system. An ologist might take care only of your bones, your skin, or your liver.

   2012, Richard Young, American Healthscare, →ISBN

plural Ologists

1. alternativeAlternative form of ologist.

   One answer might be: because we are an Academic Ologist.

   2002, Bill Martin, Avant Rock: Experimental Music from the Beatles to Björk, →ISBN

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   \Ve critics, as you must have long ago observed, have our funny little ways; and one of them is that we always keep some Ologist or other on the premises.

   1895, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality - Volume 12, page 80

   I think it's safe to say that it was a partially held expectation of the federal organization to grow in capacity and expertise to the level where the Ologists would be able to participate directly in forest pest management decisions, in a direct and decisive way.

   1987, The Forestry chronicle - Volume 63, page 236