Sumerologist
Sumerologist noun: a person who studies ancient Sumer and the Sumerians; an expert in Sumerology.
Noun
Sumerologist (plural Sumerologists)
- A person who studies ancient Sumer and the Sumerians; an expert in Sumerology.
- For example, the Sumerologist Jacobsen places the poem in which the young Inanna, still a maiden in puberty, asks a court musician to help her compose a poem to her vulva, in the middle of the cycle, at a point in time when she is recalling the early days when she first chose Dumuzi as her spouse...1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 168
Forms of Sumerologist
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Origin of Sumerologist
From Sumerology + -ist.
Questions about Sumerologist
- What does Sumerologist mean?
- Sumerologist means a person who studies ancient Sumer and the Sumerians; an expert in Sumerology.
- What part of speech is Sumerologist?
- Sumerologist is a noun.
- What is the plural of Sumerologist?
- The plural of Sumerologist is Sumerologists.
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