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Meanings of
philologist
in English
Portuguese
filólogo
Catalan
filòleg
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A humanist specializing in classical scholarship.
philologue
Portuguese
filólogo
Russian
филолог
Portuguese
filólogo
Spanish
filólogo
Catalan
filòloga
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Person who practices philology.
literary scholar
Related terms
academic profession
Russian
филолог
Synonyms
Examples for "
literary scholar
"
literary scholar
Examples for "
literary scholar
"
1
He is a novelist, story writer, dramatist and
literary
scholar
.
2
A well-known
literary
scholar
who died recently was thus described by one of his former students:
3
In 1958 she married the
literary
scholar
Jonathan Wordsworth, the great-great-great nephew of the poet William Wordsworth.
4
That Dad is a
literary
scholar
,
currently working on an appreciation of Ted Hughes, is not lost on him.
5
No, these supposed
literary
scholars
were obviously quite incapable of reading between the lines.
Usage of
philologist
in English
1
He explained to the others, Mr. Bayweather is an impassioned
philologist
.
2
He was mathematician, architect, poet,
philologist
,
orator, jurist, general, statesman, and imperator.
3
Five new fellows were accepted; two biologists, a chemist, a poet, a
philologist
.
4
To the modern comparative
philologist
his work is of great value.
5
A mere
philologist
might complain that the book contained nothing new.
6
Only an experienced
philologist
could have told you their exact origin.
7
With Andrew Fraser, retired Professor of Edinburgh University, historian and
philologist
,
ethnologist, etc.
8
Has any
philologist
said all that could be said, so succinctly?
9
Leopardi is the modern ideal of a
philologist
:
The German philologists can do nothing.
10
The
philologist
has not seen these; but this is no proof of their non-existence.
11
On inquiring into the origin of the
philologist
I find:
12
I've looked at the parasymbols; I suppose every archaeologist and
philologist
on Earth has.
13
By and by I will inquire of some other
philologist
.
14
He was an English writer, poet, university professor and
philologist
.
15
He was also considered eminent as a
philologist
and philosopher.
16
The corporal, even if he was a bad
philologist
,
was yet a good husband.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
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philologist
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
distinguished philologist
classical philologist
german philologist
great philologist
bad philologist
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Translations for
philologist
Portuguese
filólogo
filologista
filóloga
Catalan
filòleg
filòloga
Russian
филолог
Spanish
filólogo
filóloga
Philologist
through the time
Philologist
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common