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VOLCANIST

\vˈɒlkɐnˌɪst], \vˈɒlkɐnˌɪst], \v_ˈɒ_l_k_ɐ_n_ˌɪ_s_t]\

Definitions of VOLCANIST

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist. Cf. Neptunist.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist. Cf. Neptunist.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

n. One versed in the phenomena of volcanoes;-one who believes in the effects of eruptions of fire in the formation of mountains.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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