philologer

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Hauptmann was not merely a philologer, which is a formidable thing in itself, but he belonged to the esoteric group that deals with languages which have no literature.

From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett

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 Arbuthnot, F. F.

When a Western philologer asserts that writing did not exist before a certain period, we assume that he has some approximate certitude as to its real invention.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

He was, at one and the same time, a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, an historian, a philologer, a mathematician, and an architect.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

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 Meredith, George