One who compiles: see compile, v. 1 2

A collector of literary material; a compiler.

= compiler, n.

A collector or compiler of medical remedies.

One who collects or gathers together; spec. one who gathers separate literary compositions, etc., into one book, a compiler (now rare or obsolete)…

gen. A person, esp. a man, who uses scissors. Hence allusively: a compiler; a censor. Cf. scissorer, n.

Originally and chiefly U.S. A person, esp. a journalist, who takes written material from one source to use in another; a compiler. Cf. scissor, v. 2c.