palæologist

See also: palaeologist

English

Etymology

From palæ- +‎ -ologist, from Ancient Greek: παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) in combination with -λογία (-logía, “explanation, oration”).

Noun

palæologist (plural palæologists)

1. (archaeology) One that researches and studies pre‐historic antiquities.
   • 1929, John Mackinnon Robertson, “Pagan Christs”, in American Racial Origins, second edition, page 349:

     But to whatever conclusions the palæologist may come on that head, the original scientific and logical veto on that hypothesis of two or more independent evolutions of the human species must for the present hold good.