lexicographer

[ lek-si-kog-ruh-fer ]

noun

1. a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lexicographer¹

1650–60; < Late Greek lexikográph ( os ) ( lexicon, -graph ) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Brat was crowned Collins Dictionary word of the year earlier this month, with lexicographers defining it as someone with a "confident, independent and hedonistic attitude".

From BBC

Collins' lexicographers, who put together their dictionaries, look at social media and other sources to determine which words should be added to their annual list of new and notable words.

From BBC

The list was narrowed down in a public vote, before Oxford lexicographers made the final decision.

From BBC

And there was a big court case going on at the time, where a slang lexicographer, Stephen Farmer, was being sued for putting in the c-word and the f-word in his dictionary.

From Salon

That is according to responses to a tongue-in-cheek tweet from Countdown wordsmith and lexicographer Susie Dent.

From BBC

Related Words

• linguist
• wordsmith