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orientalists

orientalists is the plural of orientalist.

Meaning of orientalist

Noun

orientalist (plural orientalists)

  1. (dated) A scholar who studies the Orient; a person interested in the Orient.
    • Which is rendred somewhat more probable by that very learned Orientalist Dr. Pocok, who tells us the Arabick verb Hausch answering to the Hebrew חיש signifies three things, viz. to hast, to fear, to be ashamed.1684, George Bright, preface to The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D.

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Noun capitalized: Orientalists

Orientalists

  1. (plural) plural of Orientalist

Questions about orientalists

What is orientalists the plural of?
Orientalists is the plural of orientalist.
What part of speech is orientalists?
Orientalists is a noun.

Words near orientalists in the dictionary

  1. orientalising
  2. orientalism
  3. orientalisms
  4. orientalist
  5. orientalistic
  6. orientalists
  7. orientality
  8. orientalization
  9. orientalizations
  10. orientalize
  11. orientalized

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