grammatist

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Etymology

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

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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.
    • 1909, Lewis Flint Anderson, History of Common School Education, page 12:
      The Athenian child's school education began with the study of letters under the grammatist.
  2. A grammarian.

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