Bantologist
Bantologist noun: one who studies or is a scholar of Bantu languages or peoples; a Bantuist.
Noun
Bantologist (plural Bantologists)
- One who studies or is a scholar of Bantu languages or peoples; a Bantuist.
- Among the guests who have honoured the University by a visit we may mention the well-known German Bantologist, Professor Meinhof, who, under the auspices of the Senate, gave a course of lectures on the Literature and Religion of the Bantu;...1929, “Annual Report of the Department of Defense of South Africa”, in Papers: U.G.
- [... the] Commission, who estimated the geographical income in the Bantu territories of South Africa. In connection with the last survey mentioned, it may be pointed out that fieldwork was undertaken by agricultural economists and Bantologists.1960, Finance and Trade Review
Forms of Bantologist
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Origin of Bantologist
From Bantu + -ologist.
Questions about Bantologist
- What does Bantologist mean?
- Bantologist means one who studies or is a scholar of Bantu languages or peoples; a Bantuist.
- What part of speech is Bantologist?
- Bantologist is a noun.
- What is the plural of Bantologist?
- The plural of Bantologist is Bantologists.
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