demotist

From Ancient Greek δημοτικός (dēmotikós, “common”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people”).

• Hyphenation: de‧mo‧tist

demotist (plural demotists)

1. (often capitalized) One versed in the ancient Egyptian demotic writing.
   • Decipherment of Demotic Script:

     Egyptologists, linguists, and papyrologists specializing in the study of the Demotic script […] are known as Demotists.

• demoticist

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