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Webster 1913 Edition


Grammatist

Gram′ma-tist

,
Noun.
[L.
grammatista
schoolmaster, Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] to teach the letters, to be a scribe: cf. F.
grammatiste
. See
Grammatical
.]
A petty grammarian.
[R.]
Tooke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Grammatist

GRAM'MATIST

,
Noun.
A pretender to a knowledge of grammar.

Definition 2024


grammatist

grammatist

English

Noun

grammatist (plural grammatists)

  1. (historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
    • 1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38.
      The grammatist, apparently, taught literature in so far as it was read while the citharist taught the poetry which was usually sung.
    • 1909, Lewis Flint Anderson, History of Common School Education, page 12
      The Athenian child's school education began with the study of letters under the grammatist.

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  • grammatistical

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