correctionist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

correction +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

correctionist (plural correctionists)

  1. One who corrects something.
    • 1941, Charlotte G. Wells, The Correction of Foreign Accent, page 34:
      The correction of barbaralalia (foreign accent) is in the strictest sense speech re-education, since the speech correctionist is aiding the foreign speaker to change one set of speech habits for another.
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