Definition of Orientalist

1. Noun. A specialist in oriental subjects.

Generic synonyms: Specialiser, Specialist, Specializer
Derivative terms: Orientalism, Orientalism

Definition of Orientalist

1. n. An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.

Definition of Orientalist

1. Noun. a person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orientalist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orientalist

oriental cholangio-hepatitis
oriental cockroach
oriental food
oriental person
oriental plane
oriental poppy
oriental roach
oriental spruce
oriental sweetgum
oriental turtle dove
oriental turtle doves
orientalia
orientalise
orientalism
orientalisms
orientalist (current term)
orientalists
orientality
orientalize
orientalized
orientalizes
orientalizing
orientally
orientals
orientanol
orientate
orientated
orientates
orientating
orientating response

Literary usage of Orientalist

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"There he came under the influence of Richard Simon, the famous orientalist and Biblical scholar. The greater part of his published work was done in ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"He was ranked among the foremost of American bibli- ologists, an orientalist of high order and a linguist of eminent variety and soundness. ..."

3. A Brief Biographical Dictionaryby Charles Hole, William Adolphus Wheeler, Julian Willis Abernethy by Charles Hole, William Adolphus Wheeler, Julian Willis Abernethy (1881)
"orientalist and Biblical Critic. ... German Divine and orientalist 1668.. 1738 Michaud, Joseph. Fr. Hist. & Poet. ..."

4. The American Presbyterian Review by Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood (1866)
"... whose merits as an orientalist are so well appreciated by competent judges. This kind of homage paid to the memory of deserving men is a custom which we ..."

5. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1874)
"12 s il f Double Danger—Foul Water and Drowning, 7 a Dou<;a]] (And.) on Mails from the North, 19 a II r Drew (Fred.) on the orientalist ..."

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