manualist
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
manualist (plural manualists)
- A person who favours manualism over oralism in teaching language to the deaf.
- A musical performer who makes music by squeezing air through the hands.
- The audience could not contain their laughter while the manualist played on.
- (Christianity) One who supports the idea of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.