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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grammarian \Gram*ma"ri*an\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
grammarian
noun: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax [syn: {syntactician}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "grammarian": 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
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