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Noun: orthoepist  or'thow-u-pist
Usage: archaic
  1. 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)
    "The orthoepist argued for a more phonetic spelling system"

Derived forms: orthoepists

Type of: phonologist

Encyclopedia: Orthoepist