archaeologue
archaeologue noun: an antiquarian; an archaeologist.
Noun
archaeologue (plural archaeologues)
- An antiquarian; an archaeologist.
- Its real significance lies in the body of innumerable obscure details which collectively constitute its spirit; and when that has perished, not the most arduous researches of historians and archaeologues, nor the most inspired syntheses of literary and pictorial artists can evoke more than an...1920, The Architect and Engineer, page 43
- In its lower stories, the chapter house is much simpler in detail than the church, leading nineteenth-century archaeologues to attribute it to the Romanesque, or “Norman,” period.1983, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, page 27
Forms of archaeologue
| plural | archaeologues |
|---|---|
| alternative form | archeologue |
| alternative form (obsolete) | archæologue |
Origin of archaeologue
From French archéologue, from post-classical Latin archaiologus or its etymon Byzantine Greek ἀρχαιολόγος (arkhaiológos), from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιο- (arkhaio-) + -λογος (-logos). Equivalent to archaeo- + -logue.
Questions about archaeologue
- What does archaeologue mean?
- Archaeologue means an antiquarian; an archaeologist.
- What part of speech is archaeologue?
- Archaeologue is a noun.
- What is the plural of archaeologue?
- The plural of archaeologue is archaeologues.
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