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RASK
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
Synonyms:
Rask; Rasmus Christian Rask
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Instance hypernyms:
philologist; philologue (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)