medievalist
Americannoun
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an expert in medieval history, literature, philosophy, etc.
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a person who is greatly attracted to the art, culture, spirit, etc., of the Middle Ages.
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His introduction to this curious world came through the writing of another Oxford medievalist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
Dr Noel, a medievalist, was described as "a scholar of note" in a tribute by a professor at Cambridge University.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
The text fragment was identified by medievalist Grigory Kessel, who used ultraviolet photography to study the document found in the Vatican Library.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
“In the middle of the German-speaking lands, this was the place to be at the time,” said Maria Stürzebecher, a medievalist who is the curator of the Old Synagogue Museum in Erfurt.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Alchemy became chemistry when the so-called facts of the medievalist were scrutinized and the false were discarded.
From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Henry Edward Crampton
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