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grammarian

gram·mar·i·an
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gruh-mair-ee-uh n]
    • /grəˈmɛər i ən/
    • /ɡrəˈmeə.ri.ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gruh-mair-ee-uh n]
    • /grəˈmɛər i ən/

Definitions of grammarian word

  • noun grammarian a specialist or expert in grammar. 1
  • noun grammarian a person who claims to establish or is reputed to have established standards of usage in a language. 1
  • noun grammarian A person who studies and writes about grammar. 1
  • noun grammarian grammar expert 1
  • countable noun grammarian A grammarian is someone who studies the grammar of a language and writes books about it or teaches it. 0
  • noun grammarian a person whose occupation is the study of grammar 0

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Origin of grammarian

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English gramarien < Old French gramairien. See grammar, -ian

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Parts of speech for Grammarian

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

grammarian popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

grammarian usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for grammarian

noun grammarian

  • rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.
  • philologist — the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
  • grammatist — (historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
  • linguist — a specialist in linguistics.

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