hoplologist
hoplologist noun: someone who is an expert in weapons and armour (especially military uses or knowledge thereof).
Noun
hoplologist (plural hoplologists)
- Someone who is an expert in weapons and armour (especially military uses or knowledge thereof).
- There was, however, one notorious weapon that he had not got, and that he, or any hoplologist the world over, would give half his collection to possess.1952 November, Maurice Walsh, “The Hoplologist”, in Chambers's Journal
- Hoplologists classify these systems according to the weapon/principle/agent used: bladed, stick/staff, projectile, composite and auxiliary systems.1978, Play, Anthropological Perspectives, Leisure Press, page 72
Forms of hoplologist
| plural | hoplologists |
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Origin of hoplologist
From hoplology + -ist.
Questions about hoplologist
- What does hoplologist mean?
- Hoplologist means someone who is an expert in weapons and armour (especially military uses or knowledge thereof).
- What part of speech is hoplologist?
- Hoplologist is a noun.
- What is the plural of hoplologist?
- The plural of hoplologist is hoplologists.
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