encyclopedist

or en·cy·clo·pae·dist

[ en-sahy-kluh-pee-dist ]

/ ɛnˌsaɪ kləˈpi dɪst /

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noun

a compiler of or contributor to an encyclopedia.

(often initial capital letter) one of the collaborators on the French Encyclopedia.

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Origin of encyclopedist

First recorded in 1645–55; encycloped(ia) + -ist

Words nearby encyclopedist

-ency, encyclical, encyclopedia, encyclopedic, encyclopedism, encyclopedist, encyst, end, end-all, endamage, endameba

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How to use encyclopedist in a sentence

Even when the great medieval encyclopedists were aware of alphabetical order, they had frequently disdained it.
From Encyclopedias to Telephone Books, How Alphabetization Took Over the Modern World|Judith Flanders|October 28, 2020|Time
Thus it would be hard to escape contact with some group or other; only an encyclopedist could ever be half sure he had done so.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
This was a scholar, a writer, an encyclopedist of to-morrow who liked the big Scot and to be in his company.
Foes|Mary Johnston
Before the Revolution it was the encyclopedist Condorcet who principally took the field for the equal rights of both sexes.
Woman under socialism|August Bebel

Though shaken to his very center, the pride of the Encyclopedist did not as yet give way.
Ursula|Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for encyclopedist

encyclopedist

encyclopaedist

/ (ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪst) /

noun

a person who compiles or contributes to an encyclopedia

Derived forms of encyclopedist

encyclopedism or encyclopaedism, noun

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