ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Prehistorian

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Prehistorian is a noun meaning A student of, or expert in prehistory.

Meaning

A student of, or expert in prehistory.

Example Sentences

The prehistorian Andre Leroi-Gourhan has identified it as "a woman holding a bison horn."
In the early 1930s, he fell under the spell of a wife-beating, alcoholic, Austrian occultist called Karl Maria Wiligut and a Dutch prehistorian called Herman Wirth, whose views further fed his fantastical illusions.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include protohistorian, prehistory, antiquarian, antiquary, antiquitarian, palaeoecologist.

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