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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A specialist in the study of German or Germanic culture, literature, or language.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A student of the German language; in a wider sense, a student or one having an expert knowledge of Germanic or Teutonic philology.

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  • noun Person who studies Germanic languages and the associated literatures and general cultures.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature

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German +‎ -ist

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