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ethnologist

US/ˈɛθˈnɑləd͡ʒəst/

ethnologist noun: one who practices ethnology.

Noun

ethnologist (plural ethnologists)

  1. One who practices ethnology.
    • The learned modern Ethnologists, however, will generally have none of this latter idea. As a rule they delight in representing early peoples as totally destitute of common sense (which is supposed to be a monopoly of us moderns!); and if the Sabbath-arrangement has had any value or use they insist...1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 194

ethnologist meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

ethnologist in Tamil

இனவிளக்கவியலர், இனவிளக்கவியலார்

ethnologist in Malayalam

നരവംശശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞൻ

Forms of ethnologist

pluralethnologists

Origin of ethnologist

From ethno- + -logist.

Questions about ethnologist

What does ethnologist mean?
Ethnologist means one who practices ethnology.
What is ethnologist in Tamil?
Ethnologist in Tamil is இனவிளக்கவியலர், இனவிளக்கவியலார். See Ethnologist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ethnologist?
Ethnologist is a noun.
How do you pronounce ethnologist?
Ethnologist is pronounced /ˈɛθˈnɑləd͡ʒəst/ (US).
What is the plural of ethnologist?
The plural of ethnologist is ethnologists.

Words near ethnologist in the dictionary

  1. ethnologers
  2. ethnologic
  3. ethnological
  4. ethnologically
  5. ethnologies
  6. ethnologist
  7. ethnologists
  8. ethnology
  9. ethnolysis
  10. ethnomania
  11. ethnomaniac

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnologist (page history and authors); ethnologist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ethnologist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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