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ETYMOLOGIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lexicographer who specializes in etymology
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("etymologist" is a kind of...):
lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)
Derivation:
etymology (the study of the sources and development of words)
etymology (a history of a word)
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