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Americanologist

American  
[uh-mer-i-kuh-nol-uh-jist] / əˌmɛr ɪ kəˈnɒl ə dʒɪst /

noun

  1. a foreign expert or specialist in American cultural or political matters.

    a leading Americanologist in the Kremlin.


Etymology

Origin of Americanologist

1965–70; American + -o- -o- ( def. ) + -log(y) ( def. ) + -ist


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A widower, Andropov has a son, Igor, 37, who has worked under Soviet Americanologist Georgi Arbatov at Moscow's Institute of U.S.A. and Canada Studies.

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Georgi Arbatov, the country's best-known Americanologist, believes the new President should have veto powers, noting that "we should carefully study the American experience on this."

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As Georgi Arbatov, the Soviet Union's best-known Americanologist, put it, "The meeting has improved the possibility that there might be real breakthroughs achieved later on."

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Americanologist Georgi Arbatov suffered a heart attack in November and probably did not contribute to the invasion plan or an assessment of an American reaction.

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Mikhail Gorbachev and his chief Americanologist, Georgi Arbatov, have been talking of Soviet eagerness to negotiate arms reduction.

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