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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times

“There has been a long-standing belief from people who have not been LDS that Mormons are homogeneous in their beliefs and their voting and the way they enact living their faith,” said Brittany Romanello, a cultural anthropologist at Arizona State University who has studied Mormon identity and was raised in the church.

From Los Angeles Times

"This suggests that gorillas evolved to eat plants that benefit them, and highlights the huge gaps in our knowledge of the Central African rainforests," said Dr Joanna Setchell, an anthropologist at the University of Durham, UK, who worked on the study with Gabonese scientists.

From BBC

Eva Nisa, a cultural anthropologist and expert in Islamic studies at the Australian National University who has researched various types of Muslim marriages and divorces, said in an email that some government officials have started referring to contract marriage as human trafficking, and authorities have occasionally made arrests by raiding weddings.

From Los Angeles Times