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demotist

Syllables: de·mo·tist

demotist noun: one versed in the ancient Egyptian demotic writing.

Noun (1)

demotist (plural demotists)

  1. (capitalized, often) One versed in the ancient Egyptian demotic writing.
    • Egyptologists, linguists, and papyrologists specializing in the study of the Demotic script […] are known as Demotists.Decipherment of Demotic Script
    Synonyms:
    demoticist

Noun (2) capitalized: Demotist

Demotist (plural Demotists)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of demotist.

Synonyms of demotist

Forms of demotist

pluraldemotists
pluralDemotists

Origin of demotist

From Ancient Greek δημοτικός (dēmotikós, “common”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people”).

Questions about demotist

What does demotist mean?
Demotist means one versed in the ancient Egyptian demotic writing.
What part of speech is demotist?
Demotist is a noun.
What is the plural of demotist?
The plural of demotist is demotists.

Words near demotist in the dictionary

  1. demoticists
  2. demotics
  3. demoting
  4. demotion
  5. demotions
  6. demotist
  7. demotists
  8. demotivate
  9. demotivated
  10. demotivates
  11. demotivating

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