# academician

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˌka.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/ · frequency rank #56,564

## Definitions
1. A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
2. A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.

## Etymology
From academic + -ian (“one skilled in”), partly after French académicien.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/academician