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grammatists

grammatists is the plural of grammatist.

Meaning of grammatist

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.
  2. A grammarian.

Questions about grammatists

What is grammatists the plural of?
Grammatists is the plural of grammatist.

Words near grammatists in the dictionary

  1. grammatises
  2. grammatising
  3. grammatist
  4. grammatistic
  5. grammatistical
  6. grammatists
  7. grammatite
  8. grammatites
  9. grammatization
  10. grammatizations
  11. grammatize

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