philologist
The English word “philologist” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
- A person devoted to general learning and literature.
- A person devoted to classical scholarship.
Etymology
From philology + -ist.
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