ethnologist

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US/ˈɛθˈnɑləd͡ʒəst/

noun

One who practices ethnology.

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Meanings

nounethnologist (plural ethnologists)

plural ethnologists

  1. One who practices ethnology.
    1 more example

    The learned modern Ethnologists, however, will generally have none of this latter idea. As a rule they delight in representing early peoples as totally destitute of common sense (which is supposed to be a monopoly of us moderns!); and if the Sabbath-arrangement has had any value or use they insist on ascribing this to pure accident, and not to the application of any sane argument or reason.

    1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 194

Origin

Translations

Catalan etnòleg, etnòloga
  • etnòlegone who practices ethnology
  • etnòlogaone who practices ethnology
Czech etnolog
  • etnologone who practices ethnology
Danish etnolog
  • etnologone who practices ethnology
Dutch ethnoloog, ethnologe
  • ethnoloogone who practices ethnology
  • ethnologeone who practices ethnology
Esperanto etnologo
  • etnologoone who practices ethnology
Finnish etnologi, kansatieteilijä
  • etnologione who practices ethnology
  • kansatieteilijäone who practices ethnology
French ethnologue
  • ethnologueone who practices ethnology
German Ethnologe, Ethnologin
  • Ethnologeone who practices ethnology
  • Ethnologinone who practices ethnology
  • Völkerkundlerone who practices ethnology
Hungarian etnológus
  • etnológusone who practices ethnology
Irish eitneolaí
  • eitneolaíone who practices ethnology
Latvian etnologs, etnoloģe
  • etnologsone who practices ethnology
  • etnoloģeone who practices ethnology
Polish etnolog, etnolożka
  • etnologone who practices ethnology
  • etnolożkaone who practices ethnology
Portuguese etnólogo, etnóloga
  • etnólogoone who practices ethnology
  • etnólogaone who practices ethnology
  • etnologistaone who practices ethnology
Romanian etnolog, etnologă
  • etnologone who practices ethnology
  • etnologăone who practices ethnology
Russian этно̀лог
  • этно̀лог (etnòlog)one who practices ethnology
Spanish etnólogo, etnóloga
  • etnólogoone who practices ethnology
  • etnólogaone who practices ethnology
Swedish etnolog
  • etnologone who practices ethnology
Ukrainian етно́лог, народозна́вець
  • етно́лог (etnóloh)one who practices ethnology
  • народозна́вець (narodoznávecʹ)one who practices ethnology
Cite this entry
APA

ethnologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnologist

MLA

“ethnologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnologist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethnologist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnologist.

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