A person who studies archaeology; another term for archaeologist (though less commonly used than the modern spelling).
From Greek 'archi-' (ancient) and '-logia' (study of), with the agent suffix '-ian,' creating a word for someone who studies ancient things.
This older term 'archeologian' shows how English borrowed from Greek to create job titles—it's parallel to how we say 'biologist' or 'geologist,' literally meaning 'one who studies ancient things.'
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