Slavicist

[ slah-vuh-sist, slav-uh- ]

noun

1. a specialist in the study of the Slavic languages or literatures.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Slavicist¹

First recorded in 1940–45; Slavic + -ist

Example Sentences

Andrew Field, a Slavicist at Harvard, who edited the almanac’s English-language translation, in 1964, declared it the most exciting book to come from Russia since “Doctor Zhivago.”

From The New Yorker