medievalist

/ˌmɛdiˈivəlɪst/
noun
  1. A person who studies the Middle Ages (the period from about 500 to 1500 AD).
    • Our guest speaker is a famous medievalist from Oxford University.
    • As a medievalist, she specializes in the history of knights and castles.
    • The medievalist spent years translating old Latin manuscripts.
  2. A person who admires or imitates the style, art, or ideas of the Middle Ages.
    • Some medievalists dress in period costumes for Renaissance fairs.
    • The architect was a medievalist who designed houses with stone walls and pointed arches.
    • He calls himself a medievalist because he loves the music and poetry of that era.
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