antiquary
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James, the English antiquary and ghost-story writer, to whose work I am devoted.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021
Yet Irwin is hardly a dry-as-dust antiquary, and “Wonders Will Never Cease” frequently reveals the wide range of his reading: His description of the world’s end was obviously adapted from H.G.
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2017
In the 1890s, antiquary John Buchanan saw "an entire mass of broken stones mingled with fragments of pottery" exposed when the railway line was cut through Castlecary fort.
From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013
Among the many strange sights that evening were parliamentary records being flung from windows, while the antiquary Thomas Phillipps ran about picking them up from the cobbles.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012
The antiquary and the botanist may assist one another in determining the age of trees.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
