dialectician

[ dahy-uh-lek-tish-uhn ]

noun

1. a person skilled in dialectic; logician.
2. a dialectologist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dialectician¹

First recorded in 1685–95; from French dialecticien, from Latin dialectic(us) “dialectic” + French -ien adjective suffix; dialectic, -ian

Example Sentences

We can argue about things like rodeo, and we do, but I’m a good enough teacher and dialectician that I get them to see it in their terms.

From Nautilus

He was not a dialectician, but a moralist, and as such takes the highest ground of all the old inquirers after truth.

From Project Gutenberg

To a dialectician of any parts the fatal association of whales and Wales would be child's play.

From Project Gutenberg

They can be affixed only by the skilled lawgiver, and appreciated only by the skilled dialectician.

From Project Gutenberg

Spencer often exaggerates or extenuates with reference to his facts, and uses the arts of the dialectician where argument fails.

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With the subtlest dialectician's skill, Bayle merely opposes reason and faith.

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