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Definition of paleographer - 3 dictionary results

pa⋅le⋅og⋅ra⋅phy

  [pey-lee-og-ruh-fee or, especially Brit., pal-ee-]
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–noun
1. ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
2. the study of ancient writing, including determination of date, decipherment, etc.
Origin:
1810–20; paleo- + -graphy

Related forms:
pa⋅le⋅og⋅ra⋅pher, noun
pa⋅le⋅o⋅graph⋅ic  [pey-lee-uh-graf-ik or, especially Brit., pal-ee-] , pa⋅le⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal, adjective
pa⋅le⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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pa·le·og·ra·phy   (pā'lē-ŏg'rə-fē)   
n.  
  1. The study and scholarly interpretation of earlier, especially ancient, writing and forms of writing.
    1. The documents whose writing is so studied.
    2. The manner of writing in an earlier, especially ancient, document or set of documents.
pa'le·og'ra·pher n., pa'le·o·graph'ic (-ə-grāf'ĭk), pa'le·o·graph'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
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Paleographer

Pa`le*og"ra*pher\, n. One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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