Meaning

1 senses
  1. (dated)A scholar who studies the Orient; a person interested in the Orient.

    Orientalist, Orientalistin

    востокове́дvostokovéd, восто́чникvostóčnik

More definitions
  • a specialist in oriental subjects

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom is an orientalist.

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  2. My "soulmates" are sci-fi fans, ufologists, conlangers, Orientalists, and nudists.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient:
Deutsch
a person (especially a scholar) interested in the Orient:

Forms

plural: orientalists

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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