glossologistn.
/ɡlɒˈsɒlədʒɪst/ 1.
a. ‘One who defines and explains terms’ (W. 1864).
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Glossologist.
1887 Q. Rev. 164 144 Colonel Yule represents the ideal glossologist.
b. One versed in the science of language.
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the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > one who studies
philologue1594
linguist1605
philologer1653
philologist1695
terminologist1806
glossologist1817
philologian1823
linguister1870
glottologist1874
linguistic scientist1875
linguistician1895
historicist1937
wordster1965
1817 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 83 91 Adelung..the greatest glossologist of the present age.
1845 W. Whewell Indic. Creator 164 But what glossologist will venture to declare that the efficacy of such causes has been uniform?
2. One versed in the pathology of the tongue. rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > specialist > [noun] > on organs or structures of the body > mouth, tongue
glossologist1844
stomatologist1913
1844 Ridge Glossology 58 This fur is not a moveable deposit, capable of being scraped off; if it were so, a patient might scrape his tongue to deceive his doctor; but the Glossologist is not to be deceived by any scrapings.
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