BARON WILHELM VON HUMBOLDT

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Meaning:

German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)

Synonyms:

Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt; Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt; Humboldt

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

philologist; philologue (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)

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