Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A paleographer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One versed in paleography; a paleographer.
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- noun American Alternative form of
palaeographist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an archeologist skilled in paleography
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Examples
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An obliterated manuscript written over again is called a palimpsest, and the man who can restore and read it a paleographist.
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
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