/ əˌkædəˈmɪʃn; NAmE ˌækədəˈmɪʃn/ noun
a member of an academy (2)
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 18th cent.: from French académicien , from medieval Latin academicus , from academia , from Greek akadēmeia , from Akadēmos , the hero after whom Plato's garden was named.