grammarian C2 Topic:Grammar & Function Words US /ɡɹəˈmɛɹiən/ UK /ɡrəˈmeəriən/ See IPA manual Freq #169912 Meanings 1 noun a scholar or specialist who studies and describes grammar The grammarian compared the syntax of several related languages. 2 noun a person who is especially concerned with rules of grammar, sometimes pedantically An amateur grammarian corrected every informal phrase in the conversation. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a scholar or specialist who... grammar specialistsyntactician 2 noun · a person who is especially... puristusage critic Word family Forms grammarians Derived forms neogrammarian Related forms grammarlinguistsyntaxphilologist Etymology From Middle English gramarien, through Old French gramarien from Latin grammatica and Greek grammatikos ("of letters, grammatical"). Topics Grammar & Function Words External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # grammarian **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɡɹəˈmɛɹiən/ **IPA (UK):** /ɡrəˈmeəriən/ **Frequency rank:** 169912 ## Meanings 1. a scholar or specialist who studies and describes grammar 2. a person who is especially concerned with rules of grammar, sometimes pedantically ## Examples - The grammarian compared the syntax of several related languages. - An amateur grammarian corrected every informal phrase in the conversation. ## Synonyms - grammar specialist - syntactician ## Derived Forms - neogrammarian ## Related Forms - grammar - linguist - syntax - philologist ## Etymology From Middle English gramarien, through Old French gramarien from Latin grammatica and Greek grammatikos ("of letters, grammatical"). ## Topics - Grammar & Function Words markdown