orthographer

or or·thog·ra·phist

[ awr-thog-ruh-fer ]

noun

1. a person versed in orthography or spelling.
2. a person who spells correctly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of orthographer¹

1590–1600; < Late Latin orthograph ( us ) (adj. and noun) ( Latin ortho- ortho- + -graphus -graph ) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

When the team’s orthographer falls in love with a local lass eager for her life to begin, the indignant flame of tribalism is ignited.

From Washington Post

When the team’s orthographer, one Lt.

From Washington Post

Orthographer, or-thog′ra-fėr, n. one who spells words correctly—also Orthog′raphist.—adjs.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the reason why neither a newspaper writer, nor an orthographer, can strictly adhere to Klopstock's orthographical rule, only to write what you hear.

From Project Gutenberg

When his own orthographer and key men on the Tribune staff objected to frater, McCormick splashed on their memo one red-ink sentence: "We will keep frater because the Tribune likes it."

From Time Magazine Archive