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PHILOLOGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does philologue mean? 

PHILOLOGUE (noun)
  The noun PHILOLOGUE has 1 sense:

1. a humanist specializing in classical scholarshipplay

  Familiarity information: PHILOLOGUE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHILOLOGUE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A humanist specializing in classical scholarship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

philologist; philologue

Hypernyms ("philologue" is a kind of...):

humanist (a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts)

Instance hyponyms:

Frederick James Furnivall; Furnivall (English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910))

Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt; Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt; Humboldt (German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835))

Friedrich Max Muller; Max Muller; Muller (British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900))

James Augustus Henry Murray; James Augustus Murray; James Murray; Murray; Sir James Augustus Henry Murray; Sir James Augustus Murray; Sir James Murray (Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915))

Rask; Rasmus Christian Rask (Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832))

Skeat; Walter William Skeat (English philologist (1835-1912))

J.R.R. Tolkien; John Ronald Reuel Tolkien; Tolkien (British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973))

Karl Adolph Verner; Verner (Danish philologist (1846-1896))


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