English > philologist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A humanist specializing in classical scholarship. |
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| Synonym | philologue |
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| Instances | Furnivall, Frederick James Furnivall | English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910) |
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| Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt, Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt | German philologist noted for his studies / studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835) |
| Muller, Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller | British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900) |
| Murray, James Murray, James Augustus Murray, James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry 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) |
| Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien | British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973) |
| Verner, Karl Adolph Verner | Danish philologist (1846-1896) |
| Broader | humanist | A classical scholar or student of the liberal arts |
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| Spanish | filólogo, philologue |
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| Catalan | filòleg, philologue |
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| Nouns | philology | the humanistic study of language and literature |
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