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grantsman

noun

Etymology

From grant + -s- + -man.

  1. derived from credere — “to believe, trust”
  2. derived from *credentāre✻
  3. derived from granter
  4. derived from granter
  5. inherited from granten
  6. formed as grantsman — “grant + -s- + -man”

Definitions

  1. One who practices and is skilled at grantsmanship.

    • A new breed of scientist began to emerge,—the grantsmen,—people whose skills lay not so much in doing good science, but in tuning into the perceptions of the peer group.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA