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Definition of Poor speller
1. Noun. Someone who spells words.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poor Speller
Literary usage of Poor speller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teaching the Common Branches: A Textbook for Teachers of Rural and Graded by Werrett Wallace Charters (1917)
"One boy may be able to spell aloud such a word as onomatopoeia and still be a
poor speller in his ordinary writing; and another boy may be a poor speller in ..."
2. Modern Elementary School Practice by George Earl Freeland (1919)
"It is well for the poor speller to learn that monosyllables usually double /, I
... A poor speller who does little writing will find it almost impossible to ..."
3. Modern Elementary School Practice by George Earl Freeland (1919)
"It is well for the poor speller to learn that monosyllables usually double /, I
... A poor speller who does little writing will find it almost impossible to ..."
4. Better Schools by Benjamin Carlisle Gregory, James Laughlin Hughes (1912)
"It is entirely conceivable that a man might make a splendid success in life and
still be a very poor speller. Many fairly successful people, indeed, ..."
5. Socializing the Three R's by Ruth Mary Weeks (1919)
"Your thoroughly poor speller is not so much a poor speller as a poor observer.
He is probably a poor reader; he probably does not catch the colors, sights, ..."
6. The Psychology of Special Disability in Spelling by Leta Stetter Hollingworth, C. Amelia Winford (1918)
"poor speller. She cannot be described as a case of special disability in spelling,
... Recommended as a poor speller by the teacher, and did poorly on ..."
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