lexicographer
a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
Origin of lexicographer
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How to use lexicographer in a sentence
Austen does no better than the lexicographers at delineating a set that comprises all but only novels.
Thus the Society had four or five hundred grammarians and lexicographers of the languages of almost every race under the sun.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. CampbellLexicographers do not seem to know the origin of this word; they believe it to be foreign, perhaps Persian.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) | Georges PerrotThis usage of the term has gained a place in modern English, as lexicographers agree.
The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays | James E. TalmageAgain, our definitions of and are derived from late grammarians and lexicographers.
Social Origins and Primal Law | Andrew Lang
And as a barrel is described by our best lexicographers to be any thing hollow, what vehicle more appropriate could be found?
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor | Stephen Cullen Carpenter
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