philologian

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The anecdotes which have been recorded of him show that he was something of an archaeologist, and something of a philologian.

From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

The physician says “incurable”; the philologian says “fraud.”

From The Antichrist by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

Alfred de Vigny was preparing his Eloa; Nodier was delighting everybody by his talents as a philologian, novelist, poet, and chemist.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

Milton read, not as a professional philologian, but as a poet and scholar, and always in the light of his secret purpose.

From Milton by Pattison, Mark

As a scholar and a philologian he had rare abilities, and a rarer industry.

From Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Edwards, Eliezer