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Scal⋅i⋅ger

  [skal-i-jer]
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–noun
1. Joseph Jus⋅tus  [juhs-tuhs] , 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
2. his father, Julius Caesar, 1484–1558, Italian scholar, philosopher, and critic in France.
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Scal·i·ger   (skāl'ə-jər)   
Italian physician and scholar noted for his scientific and philosophical writings. His son Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609), a French scholar, pioneered the modern study of classical texts.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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