'Dialectology' definitions:
Definition of 'dialectology'
From: WordNet
noun
The branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects
Definition of 'Dialectology'
From: GCIDE
- Dialectology \Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy\, n. [Dialect + -logy.] That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. --Beck. [1913 Webster]