lexicographer

[ lek-si-kog-ruh-fer ]

/ ˌlɛk sɪˈkɒg rə fər /

a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.

Origin of lexicographer

1650–60; < Late Greek lexikográph(os) (see lexicon, -graph) + -er¹

The Arabic lexicographer, whom he ought to have translated, gives a meaning which expresses only purple ware.

A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I (of 2) |Johann Beckman
A lexicographer, deservedly forgotten, has defined it as an exchange of fancies, the contact of two epiderms.

The Truth About Tristrem Varick |Edgar Saltus
He was Noah Webster, then at the beginning of his stormy career as a lexicographer.

The American Language |Henry L. Mencken
This is the province of the lexicographer, rather than of the philologist.

English Grammar in Familiar Lectures |Samuel Kirkham

Had he been a lexicographer he would have found the term magnetism far more inclusive.

Great Pianists on Piano Playing |James Francis Cooke