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#One who writes or compiles a dictionary.
#*1755 A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words. — Samuel Johnson, lexicographer, in his seminal dictionary
#*1811 Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two / Which lexicographers declined to do. — Lord Byron, Hints from Horace
#*1860 The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem. — Lord Macaulay, Biographies contributed to the Encyclopædia Britannica
#*To the lexicographer, God is simply the word that comes next to go-cart - q:Samuel Butler|Samuel Butler
Translations
trans-top|one who writes or compiles a dictionary
Croatian: t-|hr|leksikograf|m
Czech: t-|cs|lexikograf|m, t-|cs|slovnÃkáÅ�|m
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Related terms
lexicography
lexicon
See also
lexicologist
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