Hieroglyphist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One versed in hieroglyphs.

    "[…] the painted chambers at the entrance of which, within ten years back, afforded shade and objects of study to the Hieroglyphist, are now blown into atoms, leaving it scarcely possible to ascertain their arrangement."

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"[…] the painted chambers at the entrance of which, within ten years back, afforded shade and objects of study to the Hieroglyphist, are now blown into atoms, leaving it scarcely possible to ascertain their arrangement."

Etymology

From hieroglyph + -ist.

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