Eskimologist

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English

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Etymology

From Eskimology +‎ -ist.

Noun

Eskimologist (plural Eskimologists)

  1. (rare) One who studies the Eskimo people; one who studies Eskimology.
    • 1998, Michael D. Fortescue, Language Relations Across Bering Strait, page 36:
      During the later half of the 19th century interest was largely diverted to discussion of the typological character of Eskimo languages- whether they were polysynthetic in the same sense as many North American Indian languages are, as maintained, for instance, by the Danish Eskimologist Hinrik Rink (1891).

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