Definitions for: Lexicographer


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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: lexicologist

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

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