arabist
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Noun (1)
- a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and cultureType of scholar, scholarly person
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ar′a·bist (…), noun
Origin: Cf. F. Arabiste.
One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54