Phi-lŏl'o-ġer, n.

n. [Gr. φιλολογία, originally fond of talking, hence fond of learning and literature, from φίλος, loving, fond, a friend, and λόγος, speech, discourse; Lat. philologus, Fr. philologue, It. & Sp. filologo.] One versed in the history and construction of language; a philologist. [Obs.] “Sooner get preferment than a philologer or a poet.” Burton.