orthographer

[ awr-thog-ruh-fer ]

/ ɔrˈθɒg rə fər /

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noun

a person versed in orthography or spelling.

a person who spells correctly.

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Origin of orthographer

1590–1600; <Late Latin orthograph(us) (adj. and noun) (Latin ortho-ortho- + -graphus-graph) + -er¹

Orthographer, or-thog′ra-fėr, n. one who spells words correctly—also Orthog′raphist.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
The World, Feb. 16, 1881 But who could possibly have supposed an orthographer loose!
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies|James McNeill Whistler