laborant

/ˈleɪbəɹənt/

Etymology

From Latin labōrāns, present participle of labōrō. See laboratory.

noun

  1. A chemist.“[T]he Laborant, vvell vers'd in vveighing, vvas order'd to take it out vvhen 'tvvas throughly and highly heated, and to vveigh it vvhilſt 'tvvas in that condition (I being then preſent:) […]”