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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an artistic person who adheres to classicism [ant: romantic, romanticist]
2: a student of ancient Greek and Latin [syn: classicist, classical scholar]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1830 1. an advocate or follower of classicism 2. a classical scholar • classicistic adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Classicist Clas"si*cist, n. One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(classicists) 1. A classicist is someone who studies the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, especially their languages, literature, and philosophy. N-COUNT 2. In the arts, especially in architecture, a classicist is someone who follows the principles of classicism in their work. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Jonathan Oldbuck, Miniver Cheevy, Pre-Raphaelite, academician, antiquarian, antiquary, antique collector, antique dealer, antique-car collector, archaeologist, archaist, bookman, clerk, colossus of knowledge, dryasdust, genius, giant of learning, humanist, laudator temporis acti, learned clerk, learned man, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, man of learning, man of letters, mastermind, medievalist, mine of information, philologist, philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, plain stylist, polyhistor, polymath, pundit, purist, savant, scholar, scholastic, schoolman, student, walking encyclopedia