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Boffin

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Noun

1. boffin

(British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Boffin

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noun
1. British informal
a scientist, esp one carrying out military research
2. 
a person who has extensive skill or knowledge in a particular field
a Treasury boffin
3. informal
someone who is considered to be very clever, often to the exclusion of all non-academic interests

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Boffin

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noun
British, Slang
a research scientist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Boffin

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n.
Chiefly British Slang
A scientist, especially one engaged in research.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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