encyclopedist
or en·cy·clo·pae·dist
[ en-sahy-kluh-pee-dist ]
/ ɛnˌsaɪ kləˈpi dɪst /
noun
a compiler of or contributor to an encyclopedia.
(often initial capital letter)
one of the collaborators on the French Encyclopedia.
Origin of encyclopedist
First recorded in 1645–55;
encycloped(ia) +
-ist
Words nearby encyclopedist
ency.,
encyclical,
encyclopedia,
encyclopedic,
encyclopedism,
encyclopedist,
encyst,
encysted calculus,
end,
end around,
end artery
Example sentences from the Web for encyclopedist
Thus it would be hard to escape contact with some group or other; only an encyclopedist could ever be half sure he had done so.
Instigations |Ezra PoundBefore the Revolution it was the encyclopedist Condorcet who principally took the field for the equal rights of both sexes.
Woman under socialism |August BebelThough shaken to his very center, the pride of the Encyclopedist did not as yet give way.
Ursula |Honore de BalzacThis was a scholar, a writer, an encyclopedist of to-morrow who liked the big Scot and to be in his company.
Foes |Mary Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for encyclopedist
encyclopedist
encyclopaedist
/ (ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪst) /
noun
a person who compiles or contributes to an encyclopedia