Definition of Semitist

1. Noun. someone who studies the history, languages and cultures of the Semitic peoples ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semitist

1. one who favors Jewish interests [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semitist

semitalented
semitangent
semitangents
semitar
semitars
semitasteful
semitaur
semitaurs
semitendinosus
semitendinous
semiterete
semiterrestrial
semitertian
semitheatrical
semitic
semitist (current term)
semitists
semitonal
semitonally
semitone
semitones
semitonic
semitonically
semitragic
semitrailer
semitrailers
semitrained
semitrance
semitransept
semitransepts

Literary usage of Semitist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau (1895)
"He could as an anti-semitist give points to Stoecker.f He has an inimitable mastery of Chauvinistic phraseology. J Was he not able to convince his ..."

2. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1918)
"Ill NECROLOGY COHEN, HERMANN, philosopher and author, Berlin, aged 77, Apl. 19, 1918. DOKTOR, MAX, rabbi and semitist, Berlin, aged 47, Apl., 1918. ..."

3. Catalogue by Yale University, Connecticut Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa (1909)
"From numerous platform addresses we have learned that Dr. Wilson, the noted Princeton semitist, holds the view which our author thus strongly controverts, ..."

4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1888)
"... Leipzig with those of the distinguished semitist of Berlin. Fifteen years have elapsed since the previous edition (the fourth) of ..."

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