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philologian

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[fil-uh-loh-jee-uhn] / ˌfɪl əˈloʊ dʒi ən /

noun

  1. a philologist.


Etymology

Origin of philologian

1820–30; < Latin philologi ( a ) ( see philology) + -an


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The anecdotes which have been recorded of him show that he was something of an archaeologist, and something of a philologian.

From Seekers after God by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

Milton read, not as a professional philologian, but as a poet and scholar, and always in the light of his secret purpose.

From Milton by Mark Pattison

The physician says “incurable”; the philologian says “fraud.”

From The Antichrist by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

As a scholar and a philologian he had rare abilities, and a rarer industry.

From Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Eliezer Edwards

Alfred de Vigny was preparing his Eloa; Nodier was delighting everybody by his talents as a philologian, novelist, poet, and chemist.

From Balzac by Frederick Lawton

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