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Philologist
see synonyms of philologistNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Philologist
see synonyms of philologistnoun
1.
comparative and historical linguistics
2.
the scientific analysis of written records and literary texts
3.
(no longer in scholarly use) the study of literature in general
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Philologist
see synonyms of philologist noun
1. Obsolete
the love of learning and literature; study; scholarship
2. Obsolete
linguistics
3.
the study of written records, esp. literary texts, in order to determine their authenticity, meaning, etc.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Philologist
see synonyms of philologistn.
1. Literary study or classical scholarship.
2. See historical linguistics.
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