Meanings
noungenealogist (plural genealogists)
plural genealogists
- A person who studies or practises genealogy; an expert in genealogy.
1 more example
You may not find Dr. Neil Rosenstein’s new book listed on national best-seller lists, but the noted genealogist — with his tongue halfway in his cheek — compares it to the popular thriller “The Da Vinci Code.” Both books, the noted American genealogist and surgeon said, deal in varying degrees with family trees reaching back 30 centuries to the biblical House of David.
2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2021
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek γενεαλόγος
- γενεαλόγος (genealógos)person who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Arabic نَسَّاب
- نَسَّاب (nassāb)person who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Bulgarian генеалог
- генеалог (genealog)person who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Catalan genealogista
- genealogistaperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Czech genealog, genealožka
- genealogperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- genealožkaperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Danish genealog, slægtsforsker
- genealogperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- slægtsforskerperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- slægtshistorikerperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Dutch genealoog
- genealoogperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Esperanto genealogo, virgenealogo
- genealogoperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- virgenealogoperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- genealoginoperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Finnish sukututkija
- sukututkijaperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
French généalogiste
- généalogisteperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
German Ahnenforscher, Ahnenforscherin
- Ahnenforscherperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- Ahnenforscherinperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- Genealogeperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- Genealoginperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- Stammbaumforscherperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- Stammbaumforscherinperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Irish rianaí
- rianaíperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Italian genealogista
- genealogistaperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Norwegian Bokmål genealog, ættegransker
- genealogperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- ættegranskerperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- slektsforskerperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- slektshistorikerperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Polish genealog, genealożka
- genealogperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- genealożkaperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Portuguese genealogista
- genealogistaperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Romanian genealogist, genealogistă
- genealogistperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- genealogistăperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Russian генеало́г
- генеало́г (genealóg)person who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Scottish Gaelic sloinntear
- sloinntearperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Slovak genealog, genealogička
- genealogperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- genealogičkaperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Spanish genealogista
- genealogistaperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Swedish genealog, släktforskare
- genealogperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
- släktforskareperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Welsh achydd
- achyddperson who studies or practises genealogy, expert in genealogy
Cite this entry
APA
genealogist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genealogist
MLA
“genealogist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genealogist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genealogist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genealogist.
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