philologer

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The young philologer tugged at these until he had mastered one or two words.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various

No sane ethnologist or philologer will insist that all these conceptions are related genetically, that there is nothing accidental in the repetition of the idea.

From Cerberus, The Dog of Hades The History of an Idea by Bloomfield, Maurice

Ibn Duraid, whose many other names are given by Ibn Khallikan, is described by that author as 'the most accomplished scholar, the ablest philologer, and the first poet of the age.'

From Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature by Arbuthnot, F. F.

Al-Yazidi, a story of whom I quoted above, was a teacher of Koranic readings, a grammarian and a philologer, who taught in Baghdad in the ninth century.

From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

"Had Carlyle turned his mind to it he would have been a great philologer."

From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John