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Grammarian definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRAMMA'RIAN, n. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.
1. One who teaches grammar.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax [syn: grammarian, syntactician]

Merriam Webster's

noun see grammar

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an expert in grammar or linguistics; a philologist. Etymology: ME f. OF gramarien

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grammarian Gram*ma"ri*an, n. [Cf. F. grammairien.] 1. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist. Note: ``The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable distinction for all who were considered learned in any art or faculty whatever.'' --Brande & C. 2. One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(grammarians) A grammarian is someone who studies the grammar of a language and writes books about it or teaches it. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Adept in grammar, writer on grammar, grammatical author.

Moby Thesaurus

dialectician, etymologer, etymologist, glossarist, glossographer, grammaticaster, grammatist, lexicographer, lexicologist, linguist, linguistic scholar, linguistic scientist, linguistician, orthoepist, paleographer, philologaster, philologer, philologian, philologist, phonemicist, phonetician, phoneticist, phonologist, semanticist, semasiologist