ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Manualist

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Manualist is a noun meaning A person who favours manualism over oralism in teaching language to the deaf.

Meaning

A person who favours manualism over oralism in teaching language to the deaf.

More Meanings

  1. A musical performer who makes music by squeezing air through the hands.
  2. (Christianity) One who supports the idea of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.

Example Sentences

The audience could not contain their laughter while the manualist played on.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include automatist, literalist, chirologist, demoticist, signer, languagist.

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