Philologist

/fɪlˈɒləd‍ʒˌɪst/

/fɪlˈɑːlədʒˌɪst/

[noun]

Philologist

[NOUN]

a humanist specializing in classical scholarship

synonyms : philologue

Examples

1. He was a philologist, a German philologist, expert on ancient languages, and a remarkable man in many ways.

2. In the late 18th century, the British philologist William Jones noticed striking similarities between seemingly unrelated languages like English, Greek, Celtic and Sanskrit.

3. So I guess, as philologists, we all have to be socialized.

4. He was a philologist, a German philologist, expert on ancient languages, and a remarkable man in many ways.