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Indianist|ˈɪndɪənɪst|
[-ist.]
1. One versed in the languages, history, or customs of India.
1851F. Hall in Benares Mag. V. 22 Whose merits the indolence or indifference of Indianists has..left uncanvassed. 1869Farrar Fam. Speech i. (1873) 9 The problems remained unsolved, because the sinologues had known no Sanskrit, and the Indianists had known no Chinese. 1894Nation (N.Y.) 14 June 443/2 The author [W. D. Whitney] was one of the strictest Indianists rather than one of the professed comparative grammarians.
2. attrib. or as adj. Of or pertaining to American Indians.
1950Caribbean Q. II. iii. 14 Perhaps the finest Indianist writing was produced in Brazil by Goncalves Dias and José de Alencar. 1960Guardian 22 Nov. 9/6 The new generation of [Mexican] artists and architects were obsessed and inspired by..their own Indianist past. |