al|che|mist

al|che|mist
al|che|mist «AL kuh mihst», noun.
1. a person who studied a combination of chemistry and magic in the Middle Ages.
2. Figurative. a person with great and often seemingly mysterious power to affect the course of events or to change one thing into another.

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