the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations; "orientalisms can be found in Mozart's operas" the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
Which is rendred somewhat more probable by that very learned Orientalist Dr. Pocok, who tells us the Arabick verb Hausch answering to the Hebrew חיש signifies three things, viz. to hast, to fear, to be ashamed.
An Orientalist is someone from the West who studies the language, culture, history, or customs of countries in eastern Asia. someone who studies the languages and culture of oriental countries