Grammatist

Gram′ma-tist

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Noun.

[L.

grammatista

schoolmaster, Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] to teach the letters, to be a scribe: cf. F.

grammatiste

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A petty grammarian.

[R.]

Tooke.

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Noun.

A pretender to a knowledge of grammar.

grammatist ‎(plural grammatists)

(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.