1. Plural of philologist; scholars who study the structure, history, and relationships of languages and texts.
Usage: Countable noun; typically refers to academic professionals or specialists in linguistics and historical language study.

Examples

• The philologists at the university spent years analyzing ancient manuscripts.
• Medieval philologists made important discoveries about the origins of European languages.
• Philologists use comparative methods to trace how languages evolve over time.
• The conference brought together leading philologists from around the world.
• Philologists often study dead languages to understand modern linguistic patterns.
• These philologists have published groundbreaking research on Old English texts.