Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lexicographer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lexicographer \Lex`i*cog"ra*pher\ (-[i^]*k[o^]g"r[.a]*f[~e]r),
n. [Gr. lexikogra`fos; lexiko`n dictionary + gra`fein to
write: cf. F. lexicographe. See {Lexicon}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lexicographer
n : a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the
lexical component of language [syn: {lexicologist}]
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