† herbarist Obs.
Also 6–7 herberist. See also herborist.
[f. L. herbāria herbary, botany + -ist.]
One skilled in herbs; a herbalist.
| 1577 Harrison England ii. xx. (1878) i. 329 Carolus Clusius, the noble herbarist. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 505 Gerard, with other Herbarists. 1640 (title) Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants,..by John Parkinson Apothecarye of London, and the Kings Herbarist. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. x. i. 454 Their seed hath been discovered by the industry of the ingenious Herbarist, Mr. Sam. Doody. 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. viii. 77 The science which distinguishes the true botanist from the mere herbarist or nomenclator. |