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    PHILOLOGUE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A humanist specializing in classical scholarshipplay

    Synonyms:

    philologist; philologue

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("philologue" is a kind of...):

    humanist (a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Frederick James Furnivall; Furnivall (English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910))

    Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt; Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt; Humboldt (German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835))

    Friedrich Max Muller; Max Muller; Muller (British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900))

    James Augustus Henry Murray; James Augustus Murray; James Murray; Murray; Sir James Augustus Henry Murray; Sir James Augustus Murray; Sir James Murray (Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915))

    Rask; Rasmus Christian Rask (Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832))

    Skeat; Walter William Skeat (English philologist (1835-1912))

    J.R.R. Tolkien; John Ronald Reuel Tolkien; Tolkien (British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973))

    Karl Adolph Verner; Verner (Danish philologist (1846-1896))

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