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noun
One who studies syntax; especially, a linguist who does so expertly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: syntacticist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grammarian, person
noun
a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grammarian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: linguist, linguistic scientist
Narrower terms: Aristarchus, Donatus, Aelius Donatus, Panini
History
Etymology tree English syntactic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English syntactician From syntactic + -ian.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
