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Definition of Etymologist
1. Noun. A lexicographer who specializes in etymology.
Definition of Etymologist
1. n. One who investigates the derivation of words.
Definition of Etymologist
1. Noun. A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Etymologist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etymologist
Literary usage of Etymologist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"urice there, is ample room for the exertion of various talents ; and particularly
for those of the etymologist, the historian, and divine. ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"Much curious information is still to be derived, by the industrious etymologist,
and black-letter scholar, from the ancient records of the past, ..."
3. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"... etymologist ! We never saw any such bend in Bend-i-go, or any other pugilist,
though we have heard of " a Grecian bend " in a lady. ..."
4. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"... but you possess qualifications of which we stood in need: we wanted a skilful
grammarian and etymologist, and knowing you to be a good sort of man, ..."
5. Words and Places, Or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology and by Isaac Taylor (1893)
"Dangers whuh beset the etymologist—Rules of investigation—Names in the United
Slates—List of some of the chief components of Local Names. ..."
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