ionist

English

Etymology

From ion +β€Ž -ist.

Noun

ionist (plural ionists)

  1. (historical) A scientist who studied ions in solution.
    • 2001, R. W. Cahn, The Coming of Materials Science, page 28:
      It had been nearly 50 years before, in 1888–1898, that Armstrong first tangled with the ionists' ideas and, as Dolby comments, he was β€œan extreme individualist, who would never yield to the social pressures of a scientific community […]