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lexicographer|lɛksɪˈkɒgrəfə(r)|
[f. late Gr. λεξικογράϕ-ος, f. λεξικό-ν lexicon + -γράϕος writer: see -er1.]
A writer or compiler of a dictionary.
1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 935 Calepine and other Lexicographers of his gang. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. v. vii. (1675) 322 Suidas, Stephanus, Hesychius, and I know not how many Lexicographers and Scholiasts. 1755Johnson, Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words. 1811Byron Hints fr. Hor. 76 Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two Which lexicographers declined to do. 1860Macaulay Biog. (1867) 104 The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem. 1875Whitney Life Lang. v. 88 We use each word as we have learned it, leaving to the lexicographer to follow up the ramifications to their source. |