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Definition of syntaxist in US English:

syntaxist

noun

rare

  • An expert in or student of syntax; = syntactician.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From syntax + -ist.

Pronunciation

syntaxist

/sɪnˈtaksɪst/