CLASSICAL SCHOLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classical scholar mean? 

• CLASSICAL SCHOLAR (noun)
  The noun CLASSICAL SCHOLAR has 1 sense:

1. a student of ancient Greek and Latin

  Familiarity information: CLASSICAL SCHOLAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSICAL SCHOLAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A student of ancient Greek and Latin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

classical scholar; classicist

Hypernyms ("classical scholar" is a kind of...):

humanist (a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classical scholar"):

Latinist (a specialist in the Latin language)

Instance hyponyms:

Benjamin Jowett; Jowett (English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893))

George Gilbert Aime Murphy; Gilbert Murray; Murray (British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957))

Friedrich August Wolf; Wolf (German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824))