noun
- Plural of demotist; scholars or specialists who study or work with Demotic script, the simplified form of Egyptian hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt.
Usage: academic; historical; field-specific
Examples
- Demotists have made significant contributions to our understanding of everyday life in ancient Egypt.
- The conference brought together leading demotists from universities around the world.
- Demotists use specialized knowledge to decipher texts written in Demotic script.
- Ancient Egyptian demotists worked with administrative and literary documents.
- Modern demotists continue to discover new insights from papyri written in Demotic.