Philologist Synonyms

Student of language
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lexicographer
  2. historical linguist
  3. etymologist
  4. grammarian
A humanist specializing in classical scholarship
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. philologue

Words Related to Philologist

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Philologist Sentence Examples

  • He did not stop to criticize as a philologist, and ignored the miraculous.

  • It is perhaps as much from the impulse which Ernesti gave to sacred and profane criticism in Germany, as from the intrinsic excellence of his own works in either department, that he must derive his reputation as a philologist or theologian.

  • As humorist, scholar and philologist, Gigli would take a high place in the literature of any land.

  • As there are no traces of literary productions in the native or Magyar dialect before the 12th century, the early condition of the language is concealed from the philologist.

  • As a philologist Baroti was far surpassed by Nicholas Revai, but as a poet he may be considered superior to Rajnis, translator of Virgil's Bucolics and Georgics, and author of the Magyar Helikonra vezeto kalauz (Guide to the Magyar Helicon, 1781).

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