encyclopedist

or en·cy·clo·pae·dist

[ en-sahy-kluh-pee-dist ]

noun

1. a compiler of or contributor to an encyclopedia.
2. (often initial capital letter) one of the collaborators on the French Encyclopedia.

encyclopedist

/ ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪst /

noun

1. a person who compiles or contributes to an encyclopedia

Derived Forms

• enˌcycloˈpedism, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of encyclopedist¹

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

Example Sentences

Even when the great medieval encyclopedists were aware of alphabetical order, they had frequently disdained it.

From 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.

From Project Gutenberg

This was a scholar, a writer, an encyclopedist of to-morrow who liked the big Scot and to be in his company.

From Project Gutenberg

Before the Revolution it was the encyclopedist Condorcet who principally took the field for the equal rights of both sexes.

From Project Gutenberg

Though shaken to his very center, the pride of the Encyclopedist did not as yet give way.

From Project Gutenberg