The Collaborative International Dictionary
Academist
Academist \A*cad"e*mist\, n. [F. academiste.]
An Academic philosopher.
An academician. [Obs.]
--Ray.
Wiktionary
academist
n. 1 An academic philosopher. (First attested in the mid 17th century.)Brown, Lesley, ed. ''The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.'' 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 2 An academician. (First attested in the mid 17th century.) 3 an academic.
Usage examples of "academist".
The Academists are provided by the State with incomes, of an amount very much larger than the modest allowances which the richest nations of the Earth almost grudge to the men whose names in future history will probably be remembered longer than those of eminent statesmen and warriors.