hieroglyphist

hieroglyphist
/huy'euhr euh glif"ist, huy'reuh-, huy'euh rog"leuh fist, huy rog"-/, n.
1. a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
2. a person who writes in hieroglyphics.
[1820-30; HIEROGLYPH(ICS) + -IST]

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