Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telescopist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tele-scopist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who uses a telescope.

Example Sentences

"[T]o the astonishment of the telescopist who first recognised the change, the comet was found to be double."

Etymology

From telescope + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: telescope

Inflected Forms

telescopists (plural)

Synonyms

telescoper

Questions

What does telescopist mean?: Someone who uses a telescope.
Where does telescopist come from?: From telescope + -ist.

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