Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who traces genealogies; a student of or writer upon genealogy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who studies, professes or practices genealogy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an expert in genealogy

Etymologies

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From genealogy +‎ -ist.

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Examples

  • With scientists debating whether the Donner Party resorted to cannibalism while crossing the Sierra Nevada in 1846, one genealogist is sure of the answer.

    Do Donners Still Hunger for Human Flesh? 2006

  • Warren Buffett's sister Doris Buffett, an amateur genealogist, is considering DNA testing to establish a conclusive genetic link.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • Like the Ichabod Crane schoolmaster and the prissy librarian, the genealogist was a specific type, easily recognizable and faintly ridiculous.

    AmericanHeritage.com 2009

  • LinkThe scare quotes around "genealogist" are appropriate.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • After Bill meets with a genealogist to find his relatives, everyone with the Dauterive last name which the "genealogist" searched on the Internet is invited to his house for a party.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • On the front is a graveyard and the words "I see dead people" ON BACK is a tree with the words 'genealogist' written across in large letters.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • So far, most of this has been gained by sending field-workers -- a new kind of genealogist -- out among the members of a family, and having them collect the desired information, either by study of extant records, or by word of mouth.

    Applied Eugenics Paul Popenoe 1933

  • He used computer programs that he created, he worked with mathematicians AND he's a renowned genealogist which is considered a science ...

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • He used computer programs that he created, he worked with mathematicians AND he's a renowned genealogist which is considered a science ...

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762 – 1837): bibliographer and genealogist, MP for Maidstone 1812 – 18.

    Index of People 2009

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