philologist
noun
a person who specializes in philology, the study of literary texts and written records.
philologer
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a variation of
philologist.
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a word derived from
philology.
philologynounthe study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
Example Sentences
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In his more recent paper Mr. Pengelly has given up this position, and he considers it improbable that any philologer could now give a trustworthy translation of a language spoken 20,000 years ago.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
When a Western philologer asserts that writing did not exist before a certain period, we assume that he has some approximate certitude as to its real invention.
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
Commend a good divine, he cries postilling; a philologer, pedantry; a poet, rhiming; a school-man, dull wrangling; a sharp conceit, boyishness; an honest man, plausibility.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
Why should he not make a philologer and a professor the author of the Homeric poems?
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider
For myself, and for the real comfort and satisfaction of the thing, I had rather have been Jan Steen, or Gerard Dow, than the greatest casuist or philologer that ever lived.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt
