philologer

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A very learned English professor crushed an argument in a political discussion, by asking his adversary angrily: ‘Are you aware, sir, that I am a philologer?’

From An Essay on comedy and the uses of the comic spirit by Meredith, George

Abu Othman Bakr bin Muhammad bin Habib al-Mayini, briefly called Abu Othman, was celebrated as a philologer and grammarian, as also for his knowledge in general literature.

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

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

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)

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