Etymologist [noun]

Definition of Etymologist:

dictionary writer

Opposite/Antonyms of Etymologist:

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Sentence/Example of Etymologist:

Languages of this latter kind are of subordinate value to the Etymologist.

But Horne Tooke, in his zeal as an etymologist, forgot altogether to attend to the construction of the passage.

The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.

I will now give a few examples of the way in which the study of semantics helps the etymologist.

The etymologist must either be an antiquary or must know where to go for sound antiquarian information.

Tito told a tale in a jargon which only an etymologist could have sifted into words.

It is presumed, however, on grounds that satisfy the etymologist.

No etymologist could have accounted for the name of our nation had he not had recourse to our annals.

It is to be feared that there is more of the poet than the sound etymologist in this derivation of the Eden.

It came to mean "come," says the Chinese etymologist, "because corn comes from heaven."