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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A petty or pitiful grammarian; one who insists upon the minutest grammatical niceties.

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  1. n. derogatory A pedantic, inferior grammarian.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

Etymologies

  1. grammatic +‎ -aster (Wiktionary)

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  • ““But great writers are fallible!”, cries the grammaticaster*, ignoring the implication in this that the grammaticaster is substantially more aware of the rules of our language than its best writers.”

    2009 September « Motivated Grammar

  • “Unfortunately, the loudest grammar snobs are the ones who’ve put the least research into their opinions, and so, for every ten people quietly aware that infinitives can and sometimes should be split, there’s one vocal grammaticaster shouting over them that split infinitives are an abomination in the eyes of Pope.”

    Led astray by the no-split-infinitives fetish « Motivated Grammar

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  • mtc "Garter tweaker": grammaticaster; a petty or pitiful grammarian sometimes known as a "prescripticaster." Nov 9, 2012

  • whichbe A petty grammarian; a pretentious grammatical pedant. May 12, 2008

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