SYNTACTICIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syntactician mean? 

• SYNTACTICIAN (noun)
  The noun SYNTACTICIAN has 1 sense:

1. a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax

  Familiarity information: SYNTACTICIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNTACTICIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

grammarian; syntactician

Hypernyms ("syntactician" is a kind of...):

linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)

Instance hyponyms:

Aristarchus (an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC))

Aelius Donatus; Donatus (Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century))

Panini (Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC))

Derivation:

syntax (the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences)

syntax (studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences)