philologue

Other forms: philologues

Definitions of philologue

1. noun

   a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
   synonyms: philologist

   examples:

   Frederick James Furnivall

   English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)

   Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt

   German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)

   Friedrich Max Muller

   British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)

   Sir James Augustus Henry Murray

   Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)

   Rasmus Christian Rask

   Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)

   Walter William Skeat

   English philologist (1835-1912)

   John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

   British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)

   Karl Adolph Verner

   Danish philologist (1846-1896)

   type of:

   humanist

   a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts