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Synonyms of hairsplitter
as in quibbler, criticaster
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hairsplitter
- educationist
- [chiefly British],
- educator,
- instructor,
- pedagogue
- (also pedagog),
- preceptor,
- schoolteacher,
- teacher
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The first known use of hairsplitter was in 1849
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