dialectician

American  

[dahy-uh-lek-tish-uhn] / ˌdaɪ ə lɛkˈtɪʃ ən /

noun

1. a person skilled in dialectic; logician.

2. a dialectologist.

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Etymology

Origin of dialectician

First recorded in 1685–95; from French dialecticien, from Latin dialectic(us) “dialectic” + French -ien adjective suffix; dialectic, -ian

Example Sentences

Rockwell is too cleareyed is to be nostalgic for the old, grittier, grimier New York; she’s also too much of a dialectician.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Then two hours at home with a dialectician.

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2015

In many ways you can look at pop in 2014 as a kind of answer song, or what a Marxist dialectician might call an antithesis, to pop in 2013.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2014

The more hard-headed director, a typically Anderson dialectician, defends such a conception, and redefines the actress' idea of "faith."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes this misconception is  stated and manifest, often it is subtly implied, and then it presents the greatest difficulties to the inexpert dialectician.

From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)