comparatist

[ kuhm-par-uh-tist ]

noun
  1. a specialist in comparative linguistics or comparative literature.

Origin of comparatist

1
1930–35; <French comparatiste<Latin comparāt(us) (past participle of comparāre to compare) + French -iste-ist

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