anthropologist

[ an-thruh-pol-uh-jist ]

noun

1. a person who specializes in anthropology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthropologist¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; anthropolog(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

These results add to a growing understanding among anthropologists that Indigenous people in the region managed so-called forest gardens that fed large numbers of people without domesticated crops.

From Science Magazine

The 100 survey respondents spanned a range of specialties, including behavioral ecologists, evolutionary biologists, neuroscientists, biological anthropologists, cognitive psychologists and biological psychologists.

From Science Daily

In the early 1900s, the conservationist and anthropologist Madison Grant, who helped establish Glacier National Park and the Bronx Zoo, wrote pseudoscientific tomes about the coming extinction of white people.

From Salon

To figure out how to shift consumer habits, a team of psychologists and anthropologists was charged with studying how food habits and preferences were formed – and how they could be changed.

From Salon

A forensic pathologist and a medical anthropologist reviewed the coroner’s report for this article.

From Los Angeles Times