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orthoepists A practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely). Source: WordWeb (phonologists) gallant 1. A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood. 2. One fond of paying attention to ladies. 3. One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer. In the first sense it is by some orthoepists (as in Shakespeare) accented on the first syllable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) Published at the Centre for Cancer Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne © Copyright 1997-2005 - The CancerWEB Project. All Rights Reserved.