Don and Pedant

Don

Don noun - Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford).

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Pedant and don are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pedant" instead a noun "Don".

Pedant noun - A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.

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Don and pedant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Don" instead a noun "Pedant".

Nearby Words: pedantic, pedantry

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In The Pedant and the Shuffly by John Bellairs, persuading hapless passersby that, logically speaking, they don't exist, is the wicked magician Snodrog's favorite trick.

Source: Puff of Logic
Puff of Logic: In The Pedant and the Shuffly, the wicked magician Snodrog's favorite trick is persuading hapless passersby that, logically speaking, they don't exist, with this effect causing them to transform into stained handkerchiefs.

Source: Creator / John Bellairs

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