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craniologist

craniologist noun: someone proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.

Noun

craniologist (plural craniologists)

  1. Someone proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.
    • Every scheme of the craniologist for systematising ethnical variations of cranial configuration, and every process of induction pursued by the ethnologist from such data, proceed on the assumption that such varieties in the form of cranium are constant within certain determinate limits, and...1863, The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, volume 63, page 73

Forms of craniologist

pluralcraniologists

Origin of craniologist

From craniology + -ist.

Questions about craniologist

What does craniologist mean?
Craniologist means someone proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.
What part of speech is craniologist?
Craniologist is a noun.
What is the plural of craniologist?
The plural of craniologist is craniologists.

Words near craniologist in the dictionary

  1. craniolaterally
  2. craniolenticulosutural
  3. craniological
  4. craniologically
  5. craniologies
  6. craniologist
  7. craniologists
  8. craniology
  9. craniomalacia
  10. craniomandibular
  11. craniomandibularly

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