Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who traces genealogies; a student of or writer upon genealogy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who studies, professes or practices
genealogy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an expert in genealogy
Etymologies
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Examples
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With scientists debating whether the Donner Party resorted to cannibalism while crossing the Sierra Nevada in 1846, one genealogist is sure of the answer.
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Warren Buffett's sister Doris Buffett, an amateur genealogist, is considering DNA testing to establish a conclusive genetic link.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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Like the Ichabod Crane schoolmaster and the prissy librarian, the genealogist was a specific type, easily recognizable and faintly ridiculous.
AmericanHeritage.com 2009
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LinkThe scare quotes around "genealogist" are appropriate.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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After Bill meets with a genealogist to find his relatives, everyone with the Dauterive last name which the "genealogist" searched on the Internet is invited to his house for a party.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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On the front is a graveyard and the words "I see dead people" ON BACK is a tree with the words 'genealogist' written across in large letters.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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So far, most of this has been gained by sending field-workers -- a new kind of genealogist -- out among the members of a family, and having them collect the desired information, either by study of extant records, or by word of mouth.
Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe 1933
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He used computer programs that he created, he worked with mathematicians AND he's a renowned genealogist which is considered a science ...
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He used computer programs that he created, he worked with mathematicians AND he's a renowned genealogist which is considered a science ...
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Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762 – 1837): bibliographer and genealogist, MP for Maidstone 1812 – 18.
Index of People 2009
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