anthologist
noun
a person who compiles or edits an anthology.
anthologists
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pluralof anthologist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In her preface to “Inhabit the Poem,” she writes that the “popular belief that ‘gatekeepers’—publishers, university lecturers, anthologists, and advertisers—create the longevity of the authors we call ‘canonical’ is false.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
“I would prefer it if the textbook compilers and the anthologists would assume that I had written a few other poems.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
The anthologists are another reason for excitement: Ann VanderMeer is one of the best-regarded editors in the field – she’s a former editor-in-chief for Weird Tales who now acquires titles for Tor.com.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2016
As a poet, however, she is virtually forgotten – ignored even – by the 20th century anthologists dedicated to the recovery and re-evaluation of neglected women poets.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2010
The greatest and most painstaking of all anthologists of English verse, Francis Turner Palgrave, claims that there ought to be more than a glimpse into the Elysian fields of song.
From Literature for Children by Orton Lowe
