noun

archaeologist

ah-kee-OL-uh-jihst

noun

Someone who studies past human life by excavating and analyzing physical remains such as buildings, tools, and bones.

"The archaeologist carefully brushed dirt away from the ancient skeleton."

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In plain EnglishA person whose job or study is archaeology.

archaeologists plural

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From "archaeology" plus the "-ist" suffix, meaning "a person who practices".

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