| lexicographer |
| Definition - A person who makes dictionaries. |
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Example - Some noteworthy dictionary makers are: Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray. |
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Etymology - The word ultimately derives from the Greek lexikographos (from lexikon, wordbook + graphos, writer). |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1658: "Calepine and other Lexicographers of his gang." (Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 935) |
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Quotation - "A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words." (Source: Samuel Johnson's definition from his dictionary s.v. lexicographer) |
