'Philologist' definitions:
Definition of 'philologist'
From: WordNet
noun
A humanist specializing in classical scholarship [syn: philologist, philologue]
Definition of 'Philologist'
From: GCIDE
- Philologist \Phi*lol"o*gist\, n. One versed in philology. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'philologist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- academician,
- bookman,
- classicist,
- clerk,
- colossus of knowledge,
- dialectician,
- etymologer,
- etymologist,
- genius,
- giant of learning,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- grammarian,
- grammaticaster,
- grammatist,
- humanist,
- learned clerk,
- learned man,
- lexicographer,
- lexicologist,
- linguist,
- linguistic scholar,
- linguistic scientist,
- linguistician,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- lover of learning,
- man of learning,
- man of letters,
- mastermind,
- mine of information,
- orthoepist,
- paleographer,
- philologaster,
- philologer,
- philologian,
- philologue,
- philomath,
- philosophe,
- philosopher,
- phonemicist,
- phonetician,
- phoneticist,
- phonologist,
- polyhistor,
- polymath,
- pundit,
- savant,
- scholar,
- scholastic,
- schoolman,
- semanticist,
- semasiologist,
- student,
- walking encyclopedia