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Lexicographer

Lexicographer Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lexicographer? [n] a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lexicographer: lexicologist Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lexicographer: allegorist \| annotator \| cicerone \| clarifier \| commentator \| critic \| cryptanalyst \| cryptographer \| cryptologist \| decoder \| definer \| demonstrator \| demythologizer \| dialectician \| diaskeuast \| dragoman \| editor \| emendator \| emender \| etymologer \| etymologist \| euhemerist \| exegesist \| exegete \| exegetist \| explainer \| explicator \| exponent \| expositor \| expounder \| glossarist \| glossographer \| go-between \| grammarian \| grammaticaster \| grammatist \| guide \| hermeneut \| interpreter \| lexicologist \| linguist \| linguistic scholar \| linguistic scientist \| linguistician \| metaphrast \| oneirocritic \| orthoepist \| paleographer \| paraphrast \| philologaster \| philologer \| philologian \| philologist \| phonemicist \| phonetician \| phoneticist \| phonologist \| scholiast \| semanticist \| semasiologist \| textual critic \| translator See Also \| Bailey \| Craigie \| Dr. Johnson \| etymologist \| Florio \| Fowler \| Henry Watson Fowler \| James Augustus Henry Murray \| James Augustus Murray \| James Murray \| John Florio \| Johnson \| Joseph Emerson Worcester \| Larousse \| linguist \| linguistic scientist \| Littre \| Maximilien Paul Emile Littre \| Murray \| Nathan Bailey \| Nathaniel Bailey \| neologist \| Noah Webster \| Pierre Athanase Larousse \| Pierre Larousse \| Samuel Johnson \| Sir James Augustus Henry Murray \| Sir James Augustus Murray \| Sir James Murray \| Sir William Alexander Craigie \| synonymist \| Webster \| William A. Craigie \| Worcester Lexicographer In Webster's Dictionary \Lex`icog"rapher\ (-[i^]k[o^]g"r[.a]f[~e]r), n. [Gr. lexikogra`fos; lexiko`n dictionary + gra`fein to write: cf. F. lexicographe. See {Lexicon}.] The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. --Johnson.

Lexicographer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lexicographer?

[n] a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lexicographer: lexicologist

Lexicographer In Webster's Dictionary

\Lex`i*cog"ra*pher\ (-[i^]*k[o^]g"r[.a]*f[~e]r),
n. [Gr. lexikogra`fos; lexiko`n dictionary + gra`fein to
write: cf. F. lexicographe. See {Lexicon}.]
The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.

      Every other author may aspire to praise; the
      lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and
      even this negative recompense has been yet granted to
      very few.                                --Johnson.

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