classicist

Noun
US[klas-uh-suhst]/ˈklæsəsəst/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. an artistic person who adheres to classicismOpposite romanticType of artist, creative person
  2. a student of ancient Greek and LatinSynonyms: classical scholarType of humanistKinds LatinistExamples Murray, Jowett, Wolf
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Clas′si·cist noun

One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.

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

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