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Etruscologist

noun
Etrus·col·o·gist | \(ˌ)ē‧ˌtrəˈskäləjə̇st, ə̇‧ˌ-\
plural -s

Definition of Etruscologist 

: a specialist in Etruscan language and antiquities

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1870, in the meaning defined above

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