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semanticist
noun[ C ]
language specializeduk /səˈmæn.tɪ.sɪst/ us /səˈmæn.t̬ə.sɪst/
a person who studies meanings in a language :
The semanticists debated whether the speaker's use of the phrase "life or death situation" was meant to be literal or figurative.
A semanticist at the university for over 20 years, her office is stacked floor to ceiling with dictionaries.
A semanticist might question the news channel's use of "apology", since the Prime Minister never said he was sorry.
"I may not have expressed my opinion precisely enough to please the semanticists out there," the senator said.
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