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or⋅thog⋅ra⋅pher

  [awr-thog-ruh-fer]
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–noun
1. a person versed in orthography or spelling.
2. a person who spells correctly.
Also, or⋅thog⋅ra⋅phist.

Origin:
1590–1600; < LL orthograph(us) (adj. and n.) (L ortho- ortho- + -graphus -graph ) + -er 1
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or·thog·ra·phy   (ôr-thŏg'rə-fē)   
n.   pl. or·thog·ra·phies
  1. The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
  2. The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.
  3. A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
or·thog'ra·pher, or·thog'ra·phist n.
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Orthographist

Or*thog"ra*phist\, n. One who spells words correctly; an orthographer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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