grammer

Noun

grammar (countable and uncountable, plural grammars)

1. A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
   1. (uncountable) The study of such a system.
2. (uncountable) Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
3. (countable) A book describing the grammar (noun sense 1 or noun sense 2) of a language.
4. (countable) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
   • Because real lexicons are big and complex, from a software engineering perspective it is best to write simple grammars that have a simple, well-defined way, of pulling out the information they need from vast lexicons. That is, grammars should be thought of as separate entities which can access the...2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §8.2
5. (countable) A formal system defining a formal language.

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Noun

'grammer (plural 'grammers)

1. (Internet) An Instagrammer.
   • Then came the great “Instagram Rapture,” Instagram’s pledge last December to clean out the fake accounts and do “everything possible to keep Instagram free from the fake and spammy accounts that plague much of the web.” “The Purge” cost famous grammers thousands, sometimes millions, of followers.2015 July 2, Julia Carpenter, “Can we ever beat the bots? Not on Instagram.”, in The Washington Post