hebrewist

English

Noun

hebrewist (plural hebrewists)

1. Alternative form of Hebrewist
   • 1772, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review - Volume 47, page 246:

     There is nothing more wanting to his glory, than to force a French hebrewist to be silent; and I will surely be so, if, as I doubt not, he alledges to me such solid reasons as those he has made use of to destroy the English hebrewist.

   • 1970, Wilhelmus Rood, Comenius and the Low Countries, page 44:

     Wilhelm Schickard (1592—1635), Professor at Tubingen, hebrewist and mathematician;

   • 1986, Roy A. Wells, The Rise and Development of Organised Freemasonry:

     Dermott gave a full account of how it happened: The free masons arms in the upper part of the frontispiece of this book, was found in the collection of the famous and learned hebrewist, architect and brother, Rabbi Jacob Jehudah Leon.