archaeologue

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Etymology

From French archéologue, from post-classical Latin archaiologus or its etymon Byzantine Greek ἀρχαιολόγος (arkhaiológos), from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιο- (arkhaio-, “archaeo-”) + -λογος (-logos, “-logue”).[1]

Noun

archaeologue (plural archaeologues)

  1. (now chiefly historical or in French-speaking contexts) An antiquarian; an archaeologist.
    • 1920, The Architect and Engineer, page 43:
      Its real significance lies in the body of innumerable obscure details which collectively constitute its spirit; and when that has perished, not the most arduous researches of historians and archaeologues, nor the most inspired syntheses of literary and pictorial artists can evoke more than an approximation of what was.
    • 1983, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, page 27:
      In its lower stories, the chapter house is much simpler in detail than the church, leading nineteenth-century archaeologues to attribute it to the Romanesque, or “Norman,” period.
    • 1984, The Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki: A Study in Early Palaeologan Architecture, page 45:
      Shortly after Slade passed through Thessaloniki the French archaeologue Charles Texier appeared in the city in the course of his related travels in Asia Minor (ca. 1833-1837).

References

  1. ^ “archaeologue, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2021, archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
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