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anthropologist

[an-thruh-pol-uh-jist]

noun

  1. a person who specializes in anthropology.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthropologist1

First recorded in 1790–1800; anthropolog(y) + -ist
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Example Sentences

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She telephoned famous anthropologist Louis Leakey out of the blue just hoping for some advice.

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Mexican anthropologist and sculptor Francisco Cornejo assisted the architects to craft a building that was based on authentic designs of pre-Columbian American societies.

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Dr. Kelson, a shaman, sculptor and anthropologist, insists that even the infected still share a common humanity.

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Setha Low, an anthropologist and professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and longtime researcher of social spaces, warns this mindset indicates a shift in how people define belonging.

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To get back to the kind of cultural evolution that I cited in the book, I gleaned this from the work of anthropologist Joseph Henrich and his team at Harvard.

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