Orthoepist

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A specialist in orthoepy, especially one of a number of 16th- and 17th-century scholars who proposed reforms of English spelling so that it would more systematically reflect pronunciation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. someone who studies the way words are pronounced
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who is skilled in orthoëpy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who is skilled in orthoëpy; one who writes on orthoëpy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    phonologist   
    Form
    orthoepy   
     
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