phraseologist

noun

Etymology

From phraseology + -ist.

  1. derived from φράσις
  2. suffixed as phraseologist — “phraseology + ist

Definitions

  1. A writer or speaker who coins clever phrases

    A writer or speaker who coins clever phrases; One who is eloquent.

    • The author of Poetæ Rusticantis literatum Otium is but a mere phraseologist, the philological publisher is but a translator; but I expected better usage from Mr. Abel Roper, who is an original.
  2. One who studies or collects phrases

    • At the other end there is the phraseologist's view that at least one member of the collocation has to be restricted (Howarth 1998b).
  3. One who specializes in phraseological details of a field.

    • Two further aspects should be underlined: (a) the terminologist is generally also a 'phraseologist' and (b) the task of the terminologist is now recognised as a bona fide job within certain companies.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA