What does "loremaster" mean?

A wise person with knowledge of lore in any number of topics, such as history, genealogy, ancient poetry and possibly magic as well; A scholar.

Loremaster

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Noun

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A wise person with knowledge of lore in any number of topics, such as history, genealogy, ancient poetry and possibly magic as well; A scholar.
"The beginnings lie back in the Black Years, which only the lore-masters now remember."

"The beginnings lie back in the Black Years, which only the lore-masters now remember."

From lore + master, possibly a learned borrowing from Middle English or calque of Middle English lore maistir (“teacher of knowledge”).

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