noun
Meaning 1
Someone who studies or practises archaeology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: archaeologian, archaeologer
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Someone who studies or practises archaeology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: archaeologian, archaeologer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: archeologist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anthropologist
Narrower terms: Egyptologist, paleographer, paleographist, pothunter, Evans, Arthur Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans, Schliemann, Heinrich Schliemann, Thompson, Homer Thompson, Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson, Wheeler, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, Winckelmann, Johann Winckelmann, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Woolley, Sir Leonard Woolley, Sir Charles Leonard Woolley
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ergh-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeolog(y) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English archaeologist From archaeolog(y) + -ist. By surface analysis, archaeo- + -logist.
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