Syriologistn.
/sɪrɪˈɒlədʒɪst/ rare.
One versed in the study of Syrian antiquities.
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Romanist1751
Syriologist1884
Mayologist1926
1884 C. R. Conder in Contemp. Rev. Dec. 857 The Egyptologist and the Assyriologist may perhaps be unwilling to allow the Syriologist, as he may be called, an equal footing with themselves.
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