"protologist" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "protology",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "protology + -ist",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From protology + -ist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "protologists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "protologist (plural protologists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "proctologist"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Sciences",
            "Health",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, Wilbert B. Hinsdale, University Homoeopathic Observer - Volume 7, page 199:",
          "text": "The fifth speaker was sure it was none of these, but due to rectal irritation, vaso-motor reflex and advised divulsion of the sphincter. He was a protologist.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1948, Virginia Medical Monthly (1918- ). - Volumes 75-76, page 341:",
          "text": "By making repeated small injections at intervals the protologist can observe the hemorrhoid becoming progressively smaller until it is finally obliterated completely.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Chien-tsao Wang, New Discoveries in Physiology and Health Restoration, page 49:",
          "text": "Besides, some protologists pointed out that to many people have a habit of reading on the toilet seat, they pay their attention to reading during that time, consequently they may overlook the correct way to excrete their feces.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A specialist in diseases of the colon and rectum."
      ],
      "id": "en-protologist-en-noun-4lcLlidu",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "specialist",
          "specialist"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ],
        [
          "colon",
          "colon"
        ],
        [
          "rectum",
          "rectum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) A specialist in diseases of the colon and rectum."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Taxonomy",
          "orig": "en:Taxonomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Evolutionary theory",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ist",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1911, Annals of the Entomological Society of America - Volume 4, page 208:",
          "text": "The allotype need not be described by the protologist (first describer) ; it can be contained in the original as well as in any subsequent description by other authors.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, Transactions of the American Entomological Society:",
          "text": "Therefore, to rectify this long standing error, we are compelled to expunge Fairmaire's name as the author of the name and substitute Felsche as the true protologist.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961, Hymenoptera reprints: Bradley collection - Volume 89, page 204:",
          "text": "According to the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature, Timberlake is the protologist.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first person to describe a new species."
      ],
      "id": "en-protologist-en-noun-FZKgbztb",
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(taxonomy) The first person to describe a new species."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "protologist"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ist",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "protology",
        "3": "ist"
      },
      "expansion": "protology + -ist",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From protology + -ist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "protologists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "protologist (plural protologists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "proctologist"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1909, Wilbert B. Hinsdale, University Homoeopathic Observer - Volume 7, page 199:",
          "text": "The fifth speaker was sure it was none of these, but due to rectal irritation, vaso-motor reflex and advised divulsion of the sphincter. He was a protologist.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1948, Virginia Medical Monthly (1918- ). - Volumes 75-76, page 341:",
          "text": "By making repeated small injections at intervals the protologist can observe the hemorrhoid becoming progressively smaller until it is finally obliterated completely.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Chien-tsao Wang, New Discoveries in Physiology and Health Restoration, page 49:",
          "text": "Besides, some protologists pointed out that to many people have a habit of reading on the toilet seat, they pay their attention to reading during that time, consequently they may overlook the correct way to excrete their feces.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A specialist in diseases of the colon and rectum."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "specialist",
          "specialist"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ],
        [
          "colon",
          "colon"
        ],
        [
          "rectum",
          "rectum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) A specialist in diseases of the colon and rectum."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Taxonomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1911, Annals of the Entomological Society of America - Volume 4, page 208:",
          "text": "The allotype need not be described by the protologist (first describer) ; it can be contained in the original as well as in any subsequent description by other authors.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, Transactions of the American Entomological Society:",
          "text": "Therefore, to rectify this long standing error, we are compelled to expunge Fairmaire's name as the author of the name and substitute Felsche as the true protologist.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961, Hymenoptera reprints: Bradley collection - Volume 89, page 204:",
          "text": "According to the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature, Timberlake is the protologist.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first person to describe a new species."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(taxonomy) The first person to describe a new species."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "protologist"
}