archaeologist
noun
a specialist in archaeology, the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.
archaeologists
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pluralof archaeologist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Nearby, teams of archaeologists worked in tents, assembling skeletons out of the discovered bones and piecing together skulls that were destroyed by blunt-force trauma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Katy McMonagle, one of the archaeologists who dug the whale head out, said the fossil was difficult to move and very heavy.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The workplace at the center of “Dig” is an excavation site in Greece, where Poehler’s Elise is among a team of archaeologists that unearths a rare artifact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Yet, while archaeologists have long focused on preserving these treasures, the people themselves were often forgotten.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Then, just as the public, the curators, and the archaeologists waited anxiously to see what would be discovered next, the divers announced they had run into a serious problem.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
