archaeologist

See also: archæologist

English

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Alternative forms

• archæologist (Commonwealth)
• archeologist (chiefly US)

Etymology

From archaeolog(y) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/

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Noun

archaeologist (plural archaeologists)

1. Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

   Synonyms: (archaic) archaeologian, (archaic) archaeologer

   • 2023 March 13, Lianne Kolirin, “Skeletal remains of Roman aristocrat discovered in hidden lead coffin”, in CNN‎:

     The remains of a Roman aristocrat have been unearthed by archaeologists in northern England. […] David Hunter, principle archaeologist with West Yorkshire Joint Services, told CNN Monday that the discovery emerged after a commercial developer submitted an application for planning permission to the council.

   • 2024 January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 61:

     Working around an ancient monument has meant having an archaeologist on site whenever there were excavations.

Derived terms

• arkeologist
• bioarchaeologist
• ethnoarchaeologist
• geoarchaeologist
• media archaeologist
• nonarchaeologist
• osteoarchaeologist
• zoarchaeologist
• zooarchaeologist

Translations

someone who studies or practises archaeology

Albanian: arkeolog (sq) m, arkeologe (sq) f Arabic: عَالِم آثَار m (ʕālim ʔāṯār) Aragonese: arqueologo m Armenian: հնագետ (hy) (hnaget) Asturian: arqueólogu m Belarusian: архео́лаг m (arxjeólah), архэо́лёг m (arxeóljoh) (Taraškievica) Bulgarian: археоло́г m (arheológ), археоло́жка f (arheolóžka) Catalan: arqueòleg (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 考古學家 / 考古学家 (zh) (kǎogǔxuéjiā) Czech: archeolog (cs) m, archeoložka (cs) f Danish: arkæolog (da) c Dutch: archeoloog (nl) m, archeologe (nl) f, oudheidkundige (nl) m or f Esperanto: arĥeologo Estonian: arheoloog Extremaduran: arqueólogu Finnish: arkeologi (fi) French: archéologue (fr) m or f, archéologiste (fr) m or f Galician: arqueólogo (gl) m, arqueóloga f Georgian: არქეოლოგი (arkeologi) German: Archäologe (de) m, Archäologin (de) f Greek: αρχαιολόγος (el) m or f (archaiológos) Hebrew: אַרְכֵאוֹלוֹג (he) m (arkheolog), ארכאולוגית f (arkheologit) Hindi: पुरातत्वज्ञ m (purātatvajña) Hungarian: régész (hu), archeológus (hu) Icelandic: fornleifafræðingur m Indonesian: arkeolog (id) Irish: seandálaí m Italian: archeologo (it) m, archeologa (it) f Japanese: 考古学者 (ja) (こうこがくしゃ, kōkogakusha) Korean: 고고학자 (ko) (gogohakja) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: arkeolog (ku) m or f, şûnwarnas (ku) m or f, bastannas (ku) m or f Latin: archaeologista f, archaeologistus m Latvian: arheologs m, arheoloģe f Lithuanian: archeologas m, archeologienė f Macedonian: археоло́г m (arheológ) Manx: shenndaalee m Norwegian: Bokmål: arkeolog (no) m Nynorsk: arkeolog (nn) m Occitan: arqueològ (oc) m Persian: باستان‌شناس (fa) (bâstân-šenâs) Polish: archeolog (pl) m, archeolożka (pl) f Portuguese: arqueólogo (pt) m, arqueóloga (pt) f Romanian: arheolog (ro) m, arheologă (ro) f Russian: архео́лог (ru) m (arxeólog) Scottish Gaelic: àrsair m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: археолог m Roman: arheolog (sh) m Slovak: archeológ (sk) m Slovene: arheolog (sl) m Spanish: arqueólogo (es) m, arqueóloga f Swahili: mwanaakiolojia Swedish: arkeolog (sv) c Tagalog: arkeologo Turkish: arkeolog (tr), kazı bilimci (tr) Ukrainian: архео́лог (uk) m (arxeóloh) Unami: kèhktamit Volapük: vönotavan (vo) m or f, hivönotavan m, jivönotavan f