hieroglyphist

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Etymology[edit]

hieroglyph +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

hieroglyphist (plural hieroglyphists)

  1. One versed in hieroglyphs.
    • 1841, George Robins Gliddon, A memoir on the cotton of Egypt:
      [] the painted chambers at the entrance of which, within ten years back, afforded shade and objects of study to the Hieroglyphist, are now blown into atoms, leaving it scarcely possible to ascertain their arrangement.

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