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dialectician

American  
[dahy-uh-lek-tish-uhn] / ˌdaɪ ə lɛkˈtɪʃ ən /

noun

  1. a person skilled in dialectic; logician.

  2. a dialectologist.


Etymology

Origin of dialectician

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


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Rockwell is too cleareyed is to be nostalgic for the old, grittier, grimier New York; she’s also too much of a dialectician.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Then two hours at home with a dialectician.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2015

In many ways you can look at pop in 2014 as a kind of answer song, or what a Marxist dialectician might call an antithesis, to pop in 2013.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2014

Moralistically sniffish, Cusins resists Undershaft's blandishments until the cagey old dialectician storms, "Dare you make war on war?"

From Time Magazine Archive

He enjoyed a great reputation as a logician and dialectician, and was in addition an authority on music and a distinguished physician.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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