Lexicographer

n.

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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.

Noun

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lexicographer - a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language Synonyms: lexicologist

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