"Semitist" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Semite + -ist",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "someone who studies the history, languages and cultures of the Semitic peoples"
      ],
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          "culture",
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          "Semitic",
          "Semitic"
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        {
          "word": "Semitics"
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        {
          "word": "Semiticist"
        }
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    {
      "word": "Semitics"
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        "someone who studies the history, languages and cultures of the Semitic peoples"
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          "language"
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      "word": "Semiticist"
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