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ethnologist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈɛθˈnɑləd͡ʒəst/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who practices ethnology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an anthropologist who studies ethnology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anthropologist

Narrower terms: Rasmussen, Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen, Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

History

Etymology

From ethno- + -logist.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ազգաբան (azgaban) — one who practices ethnology
  • Asturian: etnólogu — one who practices ethnology
  • Asturian: etnóloga — one who practices ethnology
  • Belarusian: этно́лаг (etnólah) — one who practices ethnology
  • Catalan: etnòleg — one who practices ethnology
  • Catalan: etnòloga — one who practices ethnology
  • Czech: etnolog — one who practices ethnology
  • Danish: etnolog — one who practices ethnology
  • Dutch: ethnoloog — one who practices ethnology
  • Dutch: ethnologe — one who practices ethnology
  • Esperanto: etnologo — one who practices ethnology
  • French: ethnologue — one who practices ethnology
  • Galician: etnólogo — one who practices ethnology
  • Galician: etnóloga — one who practices ethnology
  • German: Ethnologe — one who practices ethnology
  • German: Ethnologin — one who practices ethnology
  • German: Völkerkundler — one who practices ethnology
  • Hungarian: etnológus — one who practices ethnology
  • Ido: etnologo — one who practices ethnology
  • Irish: eitneolaí — one who practices ethnology
  • Latvian: etnologs — one who practices ethnology
  • Latvian: etnoloģe — one who practices ethnology
  • Polish: etnolog — one who practices ethnology
  • Polish: etnolożka — one who practices ethnology
  • Portuguese: etnólogo — one who practices ethnology
  • Portuguese: etnóloga — one who practices ethnology
  • Portuguese: etnologista — one who practices ethnology
  • Romanian: etnolog — one who practices ethnology
  • Romanian: etnologă — one who practices ethnology
  • Russian: этно̀лог (etnòlog) — one who practices ethnology
  • Spanish: etnólogo — one who practices ethnology
  • Spanish: etnóloga — one who practices ethnology
  • Swedish: etnolog — one who practices ethnology
  • Ukrainian: етно́лог (etnóloh) — one who practices ethnology
  • Ukrainian: народозна́вець (narodoznávecʹ) — one who practices ethnology
Real reading context

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