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grammatist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: grăʹmətĭst
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæmətɪst/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Examples

  • 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.

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noun

Meaning 2

A grammarian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs), from γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).