philologer
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The allurement of his genius is such that the etymologist shall leave his roots and the philologer his Maeso-Gothic to take to the highway and dwell in the dingle with “Don Jorge.”
From Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 by Thomas Seccombe
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 F. F. Arbuthnot
"Had Carlyle turned his mind to it he would have been a great philologer."
From Thomas Carlyle by John Nichol
In his more recent paper Mr. Pengelly has given up this position, and he considers it improbable that any philologer could now give a trustworthy translation of a language spoken 20,000 years ago.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
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 George Meredith
