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Definition of Grammarian
1. Noun. A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax.
Generic synonyms: Linguist, Linguistic Scientist
Specialized synonyms: Aristarchus, Aelius Donatus, Donatus, Panini
Derivative terms: Syntax, Syntax
Definition of Grammarian
1. n. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.
Definition of Grammarian
1. Noun. a person who studies grammar ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grammarian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grammarian
Literary usage of Grammarian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary by Ibn Khallikān (1843)
"... grammarian al-Farra, and on completing my twenty-fifth year, I knew by heart (and
mastered] every question without exception which al-Farra had treated. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This sixth century Monophysite is to be distinguished from an earlier grammarian,
also called Philoponus, who flourished under Augustus and Tiberius. ..."
3. Montaigne and education of the judgment by Gabriel Compayré (1908)
"Now, we that contrariwise seek not to frame a grammarian, nor a logician, but a
complete gentleman, let us give them leave to misspend their ..."
4. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and by William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares (1798)
"HESYCHIUS, a celebrated grammarian of Alexandria; ... him a moft excellent
grammarian ; and Menage calls him the ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... among them that of the Hebrew grammarian Kim- chi; another great colony was
at Montpellier. In the twelfth century the story was told that Jews were ..."
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