grammarian
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Come to think of it, there probably hasn't been a completely satisfactory and satisfying work on language since Panini, and even that great grammarian is said to have had his faults.
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- noun A specialist in grammar.
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Come to think of it, there probably hasn't been a completely satisfactory and satisfying work on language since Panini, and even that great grammarian is said to have had his faults.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2 -
Erasmus concluded that in interpreting the sacred text, a critical-minded grammarian could be a better exegete than a conventional theologian who specialized in resolving scholastic questions rather than in teasing out the meaning of a biblical text.
— Desiderius Erasmus -
Well, you know you shouldn't, Betsy I won't never speak to him again--I meant I won't ever [the grammarian is abroad], Mr. Robertson What!
— Frivolous Cupid -
"I won't never speak to him again -- I meant I won't ever [the grammarian is abroad], Mr. Robertson."
— Frivolous Cupid - "What have you to say for yourself?" — The Boat of a Million Years
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- from Middle English gramaryone (Prompt. Parv.); from French grammairien = Provencal gramayrian; as grammar + -ian.
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/ (grə-mârˈē-ən)/
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