What is "orthoepist"

orthoepist \or"tho*["e]*pist\ ([^o]r"th[-o]*[-e]*p[i^]st), n. One who is skilled in ortho["e]py.

alt. someone who studies the way words are pronounced n. someone who studies the way words are pronounced

n. a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)