palaeologistpaleologistn.
/ˌpalɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌpeɪlɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌpeɪliˈɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of palaeology; an antiquarian.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique > one who is interested in
antiquary1566
antiquarian1595
philarchaist1652
man of cabinets1699
antiquitarian1720
antiquist1789
palaeophilist1822
palaeologist1828
archaista1861
palaeologian1894
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Good) Paleologist, one who writes on antiquity, or one conversant with antiquity.
1886 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 7 500 The best philologists, ethnologists, and paleologists have with common consent regarded Asia as the early home of the race.
1950 W. Starkie tr. R. M. Pidal Spaniards in their Hist. vii. 33 Pidal the philologist and palaeologist published the text, grammar and critical edition of the Poema del Cid in the years 1908–1911.
1995 Language 71 149 The entry ‘Paleontology, Linguistic’ is ordered between ‘Palaeography’ and ‘Palatography’; a paleologist might deduce that the misordered entry was originally entitled ‘Palaeontology’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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