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lexicographer

[ lek-si-kog-ruh-fer ]

noun

  1. a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lexicographer1

1650–60; < Late Greek lexikográph ( os ) ( lexicon, -graph ) + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Terms like “supply chain” remain in the realm of jargon when their utility is limited to a small group of people, in this case, logistics professionals, explained Emily Brewster a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster, the dictionary company.

From Quartz

Giles Jacob died; an English law writer, biographer, and lexicographer.

Learned lexicographer, permit me to remark that your translation is incorrect: faselus, faseolus cannot mean haricot.

Dr. Webster, with all his great merits as a lexicographer, loved to meddle with the language too much.

After the death of the late Dean Scott, the great lexicographer, it was decided to raise a memorial to him in his cathedral.

William Kenrick, in 1773, seems to have been the first English lexicographer to denounce this pronunciation.

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