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lexicographer

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13 lettersPronunciation /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted aceeghiloprrxStarts with LEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language

Word origin

From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -grapher.

Used in a sentence

  • Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words.
  • Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two / Which lexicographers declined to do.
  • The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem.

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