noun
a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
• Syn: ↑researcher, ↑investigator
• Derivationally related forms: ↑investigate (for: ↑investigator), ↑research (for: ↑researcher)
• Hypernyms: ↑scientist
• Hyponyms: ↑experimenter, ↑boffin, ↑fieldworker, ↑postdoc, ↑post doc
Useful english dictionary. 2012.