Sinologist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A student or expert in sinology.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of sinologist. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a student of Chinese history and language and culture wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sinology (“study of China”) + -ist (“(agent)”). Equivalent to sino- (“China”) + -logist (“student of, expert on”).

Etymology 2

From Sino- + -logist.

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