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Lexicographer : (noun)
1: a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the
lexical component of language [syn: lexicologist]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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