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Lexicographer

Lexˊi-cog′ra-pher

(lĕksˊĭ-kŏg′rȧ-fẽr)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
λεξικογράφος
;
λεξικόν
dictionary +
γράφειν
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lexicographer

LEXICOG'RAPHER

,
Noun.
[See Lexicography.] The author of a lexicon or dictionary_webster1828.

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lexicographer

lexicographer

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Noun

lexicographer (plural lexicographers)

  1. One who writes or compiles a dictionary
    • 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language:
      A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.
    • 1811, George Gordon Byron, Hints from Horace:
      Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two / Which lexicographers declined to do.
    • 1860, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Biographies contributed to the Encyclopædia Britannica:
      The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem.

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