grammarian
- n a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
- And in its ambition, it exceeds the limits of the grammarian's priggishness.
- By modern standards Johnson knew too little of early English to be a thorough etymologist, and as a grammarian he failed because he believed that "the syntax of this language is .
- Like all political fights, this one could be minimized into a quarrel over termsin this case a grammarian's choice: the word "may" or the word "shall.