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grammarian

[gruh-mair-ee-uhn] / grəˈmɛər i ən /
NOUN
linguist
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To be completely candid, I found Simon’s intellectual posturing, rarefied vocabulary and grammarian cavils trying.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2019

When Eric Peterson gave his report as the official grammarian of this meeting, he spent most of his time pointing out words he liked: ephemeral, ruminate, affinity.

From Seattle Times Oct. 2, 2019

After all, besides underwriting its contributors’ research and travel, the New Yorker employed copy editors, fact-checkers and an in-house grammarian.

From Washington Post Sep. 6, 2017

The Danish grammarian Otto Jespersen was first to speculate on why our adjective conventions shook out the way they did.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2014

He took instruction from the native-born grammarian Lysanias.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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