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Noun: systematist  si-stu-mu-tist
  1. A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behaviour
    "The systematist discovered and named a new species of beetle";
    - taxonomist, taxonomer
     
  2. An organizer who puts things in order
    "As a systematist, she reorganized the entire library catalogue";
    - orderer, systematizer, systematiser [Brit], systemizer, systemiser [Brit]

Derived forms: systematists

Type of: arranger, biologist, life scientist, organiser [Brit], organizer

Encyclopedia: Systematist