Hispanist

[ his-puh-nist ]

noun

1. a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hispanist¹

1930–35; < Spanish hispanista, equivalent to hispan ( o ) ( Hispano- ) + -ista -ist

Example Sentences

The British historian and Hispanist Paul Preston, who has written biographies of General Franco and Juan Carlos, said Spain’s disenchantment with its former monarch should not detract from the “extremely courageous” role the king played in helping Spain in its transition to democracy.

From The Guardian

He has a virtuoso's fist, and can with equal conviction parody the cartoony style of a '40s detective-novel cover or produce the near life-size portrait, The Hispanist, 1977-78, a nervous, delicate laying-on of paint, Klimt-like in its dandified preci on.

From Time Magazine Archive