[f. as next + -IST. (In mod.F. craniologiste.)]

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  † 1.  = PHRENOLOGIST: see CRANIOLOGY 1. Obs.

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1815.  Phil. Mag., XLVI. 63. No arguments, according to the … craniologists have yet been able to set aside the proof of the truth of the theory.

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1841.  Englishman’s Mag., 1 Feb., 20. Mr. Combe is a devoted craniologist.

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  2.  One versed in craniology: see CRANIOLOGY 2.

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1841.  Catlin, N. Amer. Ind., I. xii. 91. The great variety of shapes and characters exhibited in these … crania, render them a very interesting study for the craniologist and phrenologist.

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1878.  Bartley, trans. Topinard’s Anthrop., 230. A skull … measured … by a foreign craniologist.

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