classicistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklæs.ɪ.sɪst/us/ˈklæs.ə.sɪst/a person who studies ancient Greek or Roman culture
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Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- graduate
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- mature age student
- pupil
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
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Examples from literature
- He was a classicist and a student very much more than a man of action.
- His understanding was solid, but he was a thorough classicist, and his taste in poetry was formed on Pope.