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Noun: alienist  ey-lee-u-nist
Usage: archaic
  1. A psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness
    "The court called an alienist to testify about the defendant's mental state"

Derived forms: alienists

Type of: head-shrinker [informal], psychiatrist, shrink [informal]

Encyclopedia: Alienist