noun

anthropologist

anthropologist

The anthropologist studied the ancient tribe.

The anthropologist studied the ancient tribe.

She is a famous cultural anthropologist.

She is a famous cultural anthropologist.

an anthropologist. She wants to be an anthropologist.

Synonyms: ethnographer, sociologist (context-dependent)

From Greek 'anthropos' (human) + 'logos' (study) + '-ist' (a person who does something).

Think of 'anthro' as in 'android' (human-like) and '-ologist' as 'expert' (like biologist). An expert on humans.

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