philologist

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
2. noun A person devoted to general learning and literature.
3. noun A person devoted to classical scholarship.

Similar words

philologue philologian filology glottologist syphilologist philographer word-lover etymologist geophilosopher logologist

Often followed by

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Word family

philological philologically philologies philologists philology