ORIENTALIST

orientalist

(noun) a specialist in oriental subjects

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

orientalist (plural orientalists)

A person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient.

Anagrams

• literations, natrosilite, relationist

Source: Wiktionary


O`ri*en"tal*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. orientaliste.]

1. An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.

2. One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists. Sir J. Shore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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