Bantologist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who studies or is a scholar of Bantu languages or peoples; a Bantuist. uncommon

    "Among the guests who have honoured the University by a visit we may mention the well-known German Bantologist, Professor Meinhof, who, under the auspices of the Senate, gave a course of lectures on the Literature and Religion of the Bantu;..."

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"Among the guests who have honoured the University by a visit we may mention the well-known German Bantologist, Professor Meinhof, who, under the auspices of the Senate, gave a course of lectures on the Literature and Religion of the Bantu;..."

Etymology

From Bantu + -ologist.

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