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comparatist

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com⋅par⋅a⋅tist

  [kuhm-par-uh-tist]
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–noun
a specialist in comparative linguistics or comparative literature.
Origin:
1930–35; < F comparatiste < L comparāt(us) (ptp. of comparāre to compare ) + F -iste -ist
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com·par·a·tist   (kəm-pār'ə-tĭst)   
n.  A person who employs the comparative method, as in studying literature.

[French comparatiste, from comparative, comparative, from comparer, to compare; see compare.]
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