oralist

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ôr′ə list, ōr′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
o•ral•ist  (ôr′ə list, ōr′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Linguistics, Educationan advocate of oralism.
  2. Linguistics, Educationa deaf person who communicates through lipreading and speech.

adj. 
  1. Linguisticsof or pertaining to oralism. Cf. manualist. 
  • oral + -ist 1865–70

'oralist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
manualist

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