Archaeologue

Quick meaning: Archaeologue is a noun meaning (now chiefly historical or in French-speaking contexts) An antiquarian; an archaeologist.

Meaning

(now chiefly historical or in French-speaking contexts) An antiquarian; an archaeologist.

Example Sentences

Shortly after Slade passed through Thessaloniki the French archaeologue Charles Texier appeared in the city in the course of his related travels in Asia Minor (ca. 1833-1837).

In its lower stories, the chapter house is much simpler in detail than the church, leading nineteenth-century archaeologues to attribute it to the Romanesque, or “Norman,” period.

Its real significance lies in the body of innumerable obscure details which collectively constitute its spirit; and when that has perished, not the most arduous researches of historians and archaeologues, nor the most inspired syntheses of literary and pictorial artists can evoke more than an approximation of what was.

Word Forms

• archaeologues
• archeologue

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include archaeologian, archaeologer, archaeologist, archaeographist, archeologist, archaist.

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