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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orientalist  \O`ri*en"tal*ist\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  orientaliste.] 
  1.  An  inhabitant  of  the  Eastern  parts  of  the  world;  an 
  Oriental. 
 
  2.  One  versed  in  Eastern  languages,  literature,  etc.;  as  the 
  Paris  Congress  of  Orientalists.  --Sir  J.  Shore. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  orientalist 
  n  :  a  specialist  in  oriental  subjects 




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