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ethnicist rare.|ˈɛθnɪsɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
= ethnologist.
1846Times 15 May 4/5 ‘Smith’ has been proved by..an American ethnicist and philologist to be nothing more nor less than Shemita, or a descendant of Shem.
Add:[a.] Also, a student of ethnicity (sense 2). b. A supporter or champion of a particular ethnic group or of certain ethnic groups. c. spec. A student of or enthusiast for foreign or exotic culture, food, dress, etc.
1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 578 Begor, Mr O'Sorgmann, you're looking right well! Hecklar's champion ethnicist. 1978Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Nov. 1318/2 Dr Schildkrout is an ethnicist, that is a student of ethnicity. She defines ethnicity as a set of beliefs or assumptions about one's own or another's identity, as derived from membership of a particular group or category. 1980Economist 15 Mar. 57/2 In American politics..there are always attitudinisers, ethnicists, sectionalists, who put first the interests of themselves or of some fragments of the electoral community the wooing of which will promote their personal political fortunes. 1984N.Y. Times 13 June c9/1 The shop has something of interest for virtually everyone, from the ethnicist interested in the cooking of Sri Lanka to the food historian [etc.]. |