plural Anglists
: a specialist in English linguistics : anglicist
This volume, presenting papers delivered at the Third International Corvey Symposium in 1997, is published in honour of Rainer Schowerling, the Anglist responsible for the momentous rediscovery of the Corvey Library in the 1980s.Hilary Brown

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1888, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Anglist was in 1888

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“Anglist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Anglist. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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