"logician" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ləˈd͡ʒɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-logician.wav [Southern-England] Forms: logicians [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English logicien, logissian, from Old French logicien. Equivalent to logic + -ian. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|logicien}} Middle English logicien, {{m|enm|logissian}} logissian, {{der|en|fro|logicien}} Old French logicien, {{af|en|logic|-ian}} logic + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} logician (plural logicians)
  1. A person who studies or teaches logic. Categories (topical): People, Scientists Synonyms: logitian [obsolete] Derived forms: pseudo-logician Translations (person who studies or teaches logic): مَنْطِقِيّ (manṭiqiyy) (Arabic), տրամաբան (tramaban) (Armenian), 論理學者 (Chinese Mandarin), 论理学者 (lùnlǐ xuézhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 邏輯學家 (Chinese Mandarin), 逻辑学家 (luójí xuéjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), logik [masculine] (Czech), logicus [masculine] (Dutch), loogik (Estonian), loogikko (Finnish), logicien [masculine] (French), logicienne [feminine] (French), Logiker [masculine] (German), Logikerin [feminine] (German), λογικολόγος (logikológos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), 論理学者 (ronri gakusha) (Japanese), 논리 학자 (nolli hakja) (alt: 論理學者) (Korean), логичар (logičar) [masculine] (Macedonian), логичарка (logičarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), logiker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), logikar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lógico [masculine] (Portuguese), logician [masculine] (Romanian), logiciană [feminine] (Romanian), ло́гик (lógik) [masculine] (Russian), lògičār [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lògičārka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), logik [masculine] (Slovak), logička [feminine] (Slovak), lógico [masculine] (Spanish), lógica [feminine] (Spanish), logiker (Swedish), తార్కికుడు (tārkikuḍu) (Telugu)

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      "word": "logiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tārkikuḍu",
      "sense": "person who studies or teaches logic",
      "word": "తార్కికుడు"
    }
  ],
  "word": "logician"
}

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