correctionist

noun

correctionist

noun

Etymology From correction + -ist.

1

One who corrects something.

  • 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.1941, Charlotte G. Wells, The Correction of Foreign Accent, page 34:

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