- another name for phonetician
a person who advocates or uses a system of phonetic spelling
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pho•ne•tist
(fō′ni tist),USA pronunciation n.
- Linguisticsa person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- Greek phōnēt(ós) (see phonetic) + -ist
- 1860–65
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