archaeologist
pronunciation
How to pronounce archaeologist in British English:
UK [ˌɑːkiˈɒlədʒɪst]
How to pronounce archaeologist in American English:
US [ˌɑːrkiˈɑːlədʒɪst]
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- Noun:
- an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
Word Origin
- archaeologist (n.)
- 1824; see archaeology + -ist.
Example
- 1. That 's actually most interesting to me as an archaeologist .
- 2. It depends on which archaeologist you ask .
- 3. It was only when archaeologist tom king catalogued the turtle bones that questions began to arise .
- 4. A noted archaeologist , mallowan had previously been married to crime novelist agatha christie hence the nickname .
- 5. Italian archaeologist antonio bosio became the first man in modern times to rediscover the christian catacombs in rome .