Orthoepist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  orthoepist \or"tho*e*pist\ ([^o]r"th[-o]*[-e]*p[i^]st), n.
     One who is skilled in orthoepy.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  orthoepist
       n : 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)