anthropologist

Noun
US[an-thruh-pol-uh-juhst]/ˌænθrəˈpɑlədʒəst/5 syllablesalso [an-thruh-pol-uh-jist] /ˌænθrəˈpɑlədʒɪst/

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)anthropologists

  1. a social scientist who specializes in anthropologyType of social scientistKinds archeologist, social anthropologist, ethnologist, ethnographerExamples Malinowski, Brinton, Lewis H. Morgan, Alfred L. Kroeber, Leakey, Thor Heyerdahl, Levi-Strauss, Montagu, Benedict, Sapir +3 more

Related words anthropology noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

An′thro·pol′o·gist (…), noun

One who is versed in anthropology.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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