Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Alchemist \Al"che*mist\, n. [Cf. OF. alquemiste, F. alchimiste.]
One who practices alchemy.
[1913 Webster]
You are alchemist; make gold. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] Alchemistic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
alchemist
n 1: one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who
sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and
the philosopher's stone