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genealogist|dʒɛniːˈælədʒɪst, dʒiː-|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
One who traces the descent of persons, or who is interested in the study of genealogies.
1605Camden Rem. 125 Likewise Ralph Gernon marrying the daughter of Cavendish..left that name to his issue, as Th. Talbot, a learned Genealogist hath prooved. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 543 A great Genealogist. 1698Vanbrugh æsop iii. xv, Sir, I'm a genealogist. 1725Lond. Gaz. No. 6382/3 The Genealogist of the Order [of the Bath]. 1804W. Tennant Ind. Recreat. (ed. 2) I. 120 A person versant in their family genealogy, is employed by the parents on both sides..the rank and merits of each family, are fully discussed by these genealogists. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xviii. (1879) 430 One old man, who appeared a perfect genealogist, illustrated the successive possessors by bits of stick driven into the ground. 1873Burton Hist. Scot. VI. xlv. 34 The most expert genealogist could not have made a family-tree out of such materials. |