[f. prec. + -IAN.] A member of the Syntax class in a Roman Catholic school.

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1705.  in Ushaw Mag. (1903), Dec., 298. Syntaxians 3 … Grammarians 11.

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1837.  J. C. Fisher, Diary, ibid. (1904), Dec., 242. The Grand Exams. begin. The Poets and Syntaxians. Ibid. (1904), March, 98. Syntax and Grammar played their match on Nov. 17th…. The Syntaxians’ forwards were soon in evidence.

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