Alchemist \Al"che*mist\, n. [Cf. OF. alquemiste, F. alchimiste.]
   One who practices alchemy.
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         You are alchemist; make gold.            --Shak.
   [1913 Webster] Alchemistic

	

	alchemist
    n 1: one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who
         sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and
         the philosopher's stone