Meanings
plural philologers
- archaicA philologist.
Philologers of future ages, How will they pore upon thy pages!
c. 1721, “George-Nim-Dan-Dean's Answer”, in The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. II, Jonathan Swift2 more examples
The lexicographer Suidas enumerates the works of Horapollo, the philologer and commentator on Greek poetry.
1887, Georg Ebers, The Bride of the Nile, PrefaceIn his articles Schultz specifically criticized "philologer-poets" and their loose, poetic, literary approach to studying and translating Oriental texts.
2003, Douglas T. McGetchin, “Wilting Florists: The Turbulent Early Decades of the Societe Asiatique, 1822-1860”, in Journal of the History of Ideas, volume 64, number 4, page 570
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinphilologus
- Englishphilologer
Either from Latin philologus or Ancient Greek φιλόλογος (philólogos) + -er.
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