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ETYMOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does etymologist mean?
• ETYMOLOGIST (noun)
The noun ETYMOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
Familiarity information: ETYMOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lexicographer who specializes in etymology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("etymologist" is a kind of...):
lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)
Derivation:
etymology (the study of the sources and development of words)
etymology (a history of a word)
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