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
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 haughty little magazines and the anthologists never knew him, and would have ignored him if they had.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now more than twelve hundred fans, authors, editors, artists, publishers, agents, anthologists, reviewers and readers of science fiction and fantasy registered for the Labor Day Weekend gathering of the clans, a conclave of the slans.
From Out of This World Convention by Forrest J. Ackerman
