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excavationist

excavationist noun: one who carries out excavations, especially in archaeology.

Noun

excavationist (plural excavationists)

  1. One who carries out excavations, especially in archaeology.

Forms of excavationist

pluralexcavationists

Origin of excavationist

From excavation + -ist.

Questions about excavationist

What does excavationist mean?
Excavationist means one who carries out excavations, especially in archaeology.
What part of speech is excavationist?
Excavationist is a noun.
What is the plural of excavationist?
The plural of excavationist is excavationists.

Words near excavationist in the dictionary

  1. excavating machines
  2. excavation
  3. excavation unit
  4. excavation units
  5. excavational
  6. excavationist
  7. excavationists
  8. excavations
  9. excavator
  10. excavator operator
  11. excavator operators

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