Textualist

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who is well versed in the Scriptures, and can readily quote texts.
  • noun. One who adheres strictly to the letter of texts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A textman; a textuary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a practitioner or adherent of textualism
  • Word Usage
    "ME and the whole of 11th Amendment jurisprudence is an utter travesty and gives the lie to any so-called textualist or strict constructionist Justice who signed on to it.tarheelQuote"
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    textman  textuary