genealogist

noun

ge·​ne·​al·​o·​gist ˌjē-nē-ˈä-lə-jist How to pronounce genealogist (audio)
 also  -ˈa-lə-,
 also  ˌje-nē-
Synonyms of genealogistnext
: a person who traces or studies the descent of persons or families

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In the case of Edwards, Beaumont detective Tina Lewallen and genetic genealogist Shera LaPoint helped create a family tree that led to a suspect named Clayton Foreman, who had grown up in Beaumont and attended the same high school as the victim, Edwards. — Paige Harriss, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025 The $25,000 offering will see a genealogist build the nominee’s family tree back several generations and then walk them and their family through the findings. $305 worth of skincare products from Swiss brand INSTYTUTUM. — Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025 This development led law enforcement to collaborate with genealogists to reopen and continue investigating the cold case 16 years after the tragic event. — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025 But people who want access to the Library’s data must collect it via the API, a portal through which anyone, from a genealogist to an AI researcher, can download data. — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for genealogist

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First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of genealogist was in 1605

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