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Meanings of classics scholar in English

Russian
классицист
Spanish
experta en estudios clasicos
Catalan
expert en estudis clàssics

Person who studies classics, the culture of (mainly) Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

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классицист
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Examples for "classicist"
Examples for "classicist"
1
There was this lusty young classicist, he swept me off my feet.
Children of Time
2
Throughout, Carson disregards convention in a way that only a demob-happy classicist could.
The Guardian
3
Yes, decidedly, he was no classicist in music; he was a thoroughgoing transcendentalist.
Crome Yellow
4
Find the classicist, the aristocrat, the Englishman, and the lover in that quatrain!
A Study of Poetry
5
It was as if he were mimicking Federer, the ultimate classicist.
The Guardian
1
So a local school superintendent, a classical scholar, suggested a name change.
Turn left at the trojan horse: a would-be hero's american odysse...
2
He is a classical scholar, who writes easily in Latin and Greek.
A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
3
Though never a critical classical scholar, he could read Latin with ease.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 / A Maga...
4
Then came a period of study, and he became an excellent classical scholar.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
5
By the way, Mac, I am a classical scholar, not an arithmetical one.
Major Barbara
Usage of classics scholar in English
1
Michael Longley, the eminent Northern poet and himself a classics scholar, asks.
The Irish Times
2
A classics scholar, he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1880.
The Complete Jack the Ripper
3
Erich Segal, who died a few days ago, was a distinguished classics scholar, literary critic and sports commentator.
The Irish Times