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Anglist

Anglist noun: synonym of Anglicist.

Noun

Anglist (plural Anglists)

  1. Synonym of Anglicist.
    • Most Anglists, it appears, in Germany conceive that they have done their duty if they have studied thoroughly Gothic, German, and English; but they are warned that no one can pretend to be a serious student of English who has not mastered the Old Norse and made himself acquainted generally with the...1888 January 1, The Journal of Education, a Monthly Record and Review, volume X, London: […] William Rice, […], page 32, column 2
    • Dyboski, the most eminent of Polish Anglists, who was twice lent to us for long periods, was from the first a heart-to-heart colleague.1939, The Slavonic and East European Review, volume 18, page 72
    Synonyms:
    Anglicist

Examples of Anglist in a sentence

  • While structuralists verge on re-writing the records, Anglists sometimes retreat behind the texts into a determined profession of linguistic agnosticism.1990, American Notes Queries, page 46:
  • All we can say is that the leading role that Dutch Anglists used to play in the description of English grammar has been taken over by native grammarians and this is as it should be.1990, Flor Aarts, Theo van Els, editors, Contemporary Dutch Linguistics, Georgetown University Press, →ISBN, page 27:

Synonyms of Anglist

Forms of Anglist

pluralAnglists

Origin of Anglist

From German Anglist.

Questions about Anglist

What does Anglist mean?
Anglist means synonym of Anglicist.
How do you use Anglist in a sentence?
While structuralists verge on re-writing the records, Anglists sometimes retreat behind the texts into a determined profession of linguistic agnosticism.
What part of speech is Anglist?
Anglist is a noun.
What is the plural of Anglist?
The plural of Anglist is Anglists.

Words near Anglist in the dictionary

  1. angling for
  2. angling for farthings
  3. anglings
  4. Anglins
  5. Anglish
  6. Anglist
  7. Anglistic
  8. Anglistics
  9. Anglists
  10. anglo
  11. anglo concertina

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