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Intellectuals or highly educated people as a group
Plural for a scientist or engineer, typically engaged in research
“His election reminds me of one of those 1950s science fiction movies in which a mad boffin throws a lever, and the poles are reversed.”
Plural for a person who is highly intelligent, sometimes in an awkward way
“He does not look like a computer boffin, nor does he speak in the manner of a tortured ideologue.”
Plural for a learned person possessing a highly developed intellect
Plural for a person who conducts scientific research
Plural for a person who designs or originates a process or mechanism
Plural for a person who gives lectures in an academic setting
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