Bantologist

Bantologist

English

Etymology

Bantu +‎ -ologist

Noun

Bantologist (plural Bantologists)

1. (uncommon) One who studies or is a scholar of Bantu languages or peoples; a Bantuist.
   • 1929, Annual Report of the Department of Defense of South Africa (Papers: U.G.):

     Among the guests who have honoured the University by a visit we may mention the well-known German Bantologist, Professor Meinhof, who, under the auspices of the Senate, gave a course of lectures on the Literature and Religion of the Bantu;...

   • 1960, Finance and Trade Review:

     [... the] Commission, who estimated the geographical income in the Bantu territories of South Africa. In connection with the last survey mentioned, it may be pointed out that fieldwork was undertaken by agricultural economists and Bantologists.

   • 1963, Journal of the Royal African Society:

     We sigh in vain in South Africa for psychologists who are expert Bantologists or for Bantologists who are expert psychologists.