Germanist.
A scholar of or proponent of Germanic law, especially one emphasising a distinction to Roman law.
Meaning & usage
A scholar of or proponent of Germanic law, especially one emphasising a distinction to Roman law.
Germanist: A person who studies the Germanic languages and/or the associated literatures and cultures; a Germanicist.
Germanist: A person who specialises in the German language and/or literature of the German-speaking world.
Where this word comes from
german(isch) (“Germanic”) + -ist or Latin germān(icus) (“Germanic”) + -ist, formed by analogy with Romanist (“scholar of Roman law or culture”); later expanded to designate the study of Germanic languages (in the broad sense) or German (narrow sense).
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