- a student or devotee of the Middle Ages
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me•di•e•val•ist
(mē′dē ē′və list, med′ē-, mid′ē-, mid ē′və-),USA pronunciation n.
- World Historyan expert in medieval history, literature, philosophy, etc.
- World Historya person who is greatly attracted to the art, culture, spirit, etc., of the Middle Ages.
- medieval + -ist 1850–55
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medievalist, mediaevalist /ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəlɪst/ n
me•di•e•val or me•di•ae•val /ˌmidiˈivəl, ˌmɛdi-, ˌmɪdi-, mɪdˈivəl/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- World Historyof, relating to, or characteristic of the Middle Ages:medieval architecture.
me•di•e•val
(mē′dē ē′vəl, med′ē-, mid′ē-, mid ē′vəl),USA pronunciation adj.
me′di•e′val•ly, adv.
- World Historyof, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages:medieval architecture.Cf. Middle Ages.
- Informal Termsextremely old-fashioned;
primitive.
- Neo-Latin medi(um) aev(um) the middle age + -al1. See medium, age
- 1820–30