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NEOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neologist mean?
• NEOLOGIST (noun)
The noun NEOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a lexicographer of new words and expressions
Familiarity information: NEOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lexicographer of new words and expressions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("neologist" is a kind of...):
lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)
Derivation:
neologism (the act of inventing a word or phrase)
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