Definition of archaeologist in English:
archaeologist
(US archeologist)
noun ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪstˌɑrkiˈɑlədʒəst
A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.
Chinese archaeologists uncovered life-sized terracotta statues
Example sentencesExamples
- An archeologist of urban experience, he creates a "great mound of expressed desire."
- He is an archaeologist who is trying to unearth the truth about the 15th-century Welsh rebel Owen Glyndwr.
- She is an Egyptian archaeologist prominent in the campaign to prevent the desecration of historic sites.
- He may still look like a teenager, but this filmmaker is an articulate "emotional archeologist" who really sells the magic of history.
- As an archaeologist, I am used to interpreting burials.
- My fellow archaeologist is an expert on this enigmatic Bronze Age rock art.
- Renaissance artists like Pirro Ligorio might be regarded as professional antiquarians and amateur archaeologists.
- During excavation, archaeologists found human remains thought to date back to ancient Roman times.
- He plays patriarch an ailing archeologist who's preoccupied with funeral rituals.
- Archaeologist Keevill has been digging up some interesting finds in the little village of Dorchester.
Definition of archaeologist in US English:
archaeologist
(also archeologist)
nounˌärkēˈäləjəstˌɑrkiˈɑlədʒəst
A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
Chinese archaeologists uncovered life-sized terracotta statues
Example sentencesExamples
- As an archaeologist, I am used to interpreting burials.
- He is an archaeologist who is trying to unearth the truth about the 15th-century Welsh rebel Owen Glyndwr.
- An archeologist of urban experience, he creates a "great mound of expressed desire."
- My fellow archaeologist is an expert on this enigmatic Bronze Age rock art.
- He may still look like a teenager, but this filmmaker is an articulate "emotional archeologist" who really sells the magic of history.
- She is an Egyptian archaeologist prominent in the campaign to prevent the desecration of historic sites.
- He plays patriarch an ailing archeologist who's preoccupied with funeral rituals.
- Renaissance artists like Pirro Ligorio might be regarded as professional antiquarians and amateur archaeologists.
- Archaeologist Keevill has been digging up some interesting finds in the little village of Dorchester.
- During excavation, archaeologists found human remains thought to date back to ancient Roman times.