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LEXICOGRAPHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lexicographer mean?
• LEXICOGRAPHER (noun)
The noun LEXICOGRAPHER has 1 sense:
1. a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
Familiarity information: LEXICOGRAPHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
lexicographer; lexicologist
Hypernyms ("lexicographer" is a kind of...):
compiler (a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes))
linguist; linguistic scientist (a specialist in linguistics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lexicographer"):
etymologist (a lexicographer who specializes in etymology)
neologist (a lexicographer of new words and expressions)
synonymist (a student of synonyms)
Instance hyponyms:
Bailey; Nathan Bailey; Nathaniel Bailey (English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742))
Craigie; Sir William Alexander Craigie; William A. Craigie (English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966))
Florio; John Florio (English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625))
Fowler; Henry Watson Fowler (English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933))
Dr. Johnson; Johnson; Samuel Johnson (English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784))
Larousse; Pierre Athanase Larousse; Pierre Larousse (French lexicographer (1817-1875))
Littre; Maximilien Paul Emile Littre (French lexicographer (1801-1881))
James Augustus Henry Murray; James Augustus Murray; James Murray; Murray; Sir James Augustus Henry Murray; Sir James Augustus Murray; Sir James Murray (Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915))
Noah Webster; Webster (United States lexicographer (1758-1843))
Joseph Emerson Worcester; Worcester (United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865))
Derivation:
lexicography (the act of writing dictionaries)
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