Egyptologist
//ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒɪst// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person; one who is skilled in or professes or practices Egyptology.
"An Egyptologist's mind immediately turns to the ancient Egyptian counterpart to such an imagined protosactuary: a reed hut that all late Egyptian temples, in their archaizing longing to return to the origins, sought to emulate in stone through the typically Egyptian temple features of inward-sloping walls, torus and corvetto cornice."
- 2 Alternative spelling of Egyptologist. alt-of, alternative
"The famous egyptologist, Prof. G. Maspero, is now having the third work of his Egyptian trilogy translated from the French by M. L. McClure"
- 3 an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology wordnet
Example
More examples"Lord Carnarvon was an amateur Egyptologist."
Etymology
From Egyptology + -ist.
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