Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is skilled in or writes on orthography; one who spells words correctly, according to approved usage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One versed in
orthography ; one who spells words correctly
Etymologies
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Examples
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An essay prompt referred to “the omission of greenhouse gases,” enough to emit a scream from any orthographer.
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As she was a poor scribe, and a still worse orthographer, Howel superintended the letter, and when it was written said he would enclose and post it.
Gladys, the Reaper Anne Beale
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He was wont to speak plain and to the purpose, like an honest man and a soldier; and now is he turned orthographer; his words are a very fantastical banquet, just so many strange dishes.
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But who could possibly have supposed an orthographer loose!
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 1868
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Hucheloup, one fine Morning, had seen fit to notify passersby of this "specialty"; he had dipped a brush in a pot of black paint, and as he was an orthographer on his own account, as well as a cook after his own fashion, he had improvised on his wall this remarkable inscription: -- CARPES HO GRAS.
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Hucheloup, one fine morning, had seen fit to notify passers-by of this "specialty"; he had dipped a brush in a pot of black paint, and as he was an orthographer on his own account, as well as
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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The young orthographer now has a new passion -- writing books.
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online By KENYA WOODARD, Staff Writer 2009
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“specialty”; he had dipped a brush in a pot of black paint, and as he was an orthographer on his own account, as well as a cook after his own fashion, he had improvised on his wall this remarkable inscription: —
Les Miserables 2008
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