papyrologistn.
/ˌpapᵻˈrɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌpæpəˈrɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of papyrology or the study of ancient texts written on papyrus.
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papyrologist1901
1901 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 22 211 Of the considerable number of distinguished papyrologists at work to-day, trained jurists form a very small minority.
1922 Glasgow Herald 14 Apr. 5/2 A most helpful Guide prepared..by the well-known papyrologist Mr. H. I. Bell.
1968 Sunday Times 25 Aug. 3/5 He spent his winters as a young papyrologist excavating the rubbish-mounds of Græco-Roman cities in Egypt for the significant ‘waste-paper’ of a forgotten civilization.
1995 Denver Post 23 Apr. e11/5 Huebner, a papyrologist by profession, may be the most accident-prone grandmaster.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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