anglist

noun

1. Synonym of Anglicist.

   “Most Anglists, it appears, in Germany conceive that they have done their duty if they have studied thoroughly Gothic, German, and English; but they are warned that no one can pretend to be a serious student of English who has not mastered the Old Norse and made himself acquainted generally with the Scandinavian languages, besides possessing a competent knowledge of comparative grammar and of Sanskrit.”

   “Dyboski, the most eminent of Polish Anglists, who was twice lent to us for long periods, was from the first a heart-to-heart colleague.”

   “While structuralists verge on re-writing the records, Anglists sometimes retreat behind the texts into a determined profession of linguistic agnosticism.”

   “All we can say is that the leading role that Dutch Anglists used to play in the description of English grammar has been taken over by native grammarians and this is as it should be.”