lexicographer — 1650s, from Fr. lexicographe lexicographer, from Gk. lexikographos, from lexikon wordbook (see LEXICON (Cf. lexicon)) + graphos writer, from graphein to write (see GRAPHY (Cf. graphy)) … Etymology dictionary
lexicographer — [lek΄sə käg′rə fər] n. [LGr lexikographos < Gr lexikon, LEXICON + graphein, to write: see GRAPHIC] a person who writes or compiles a dictionary … English World dictionary
Lexicographer — A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary. Samuel Johnson, himself a lexicographer, defined a lexicographer as a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing … Wikipedia
lexicographer — lexicography ► NOUN ▪ the practice of compiling dictionaries. DERIVATIVES lexicographer noun lexicographic adjective … English terms dictionary
lexicographer — noun Etymology: Late Greek lexikographos, from lexikon + Greek graphos writer, from graphein to write Date: 1658 an author or editor of a dictionary … New Collegiate Dictionary
lexicographer — a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge (after Samuel Johnson s Dictionary of the English Language, 1755), but also an excellent way to learn more about a specialised topic such as ichthyology … Dictionary of ichthyology
lexicographer — /lek si kog reuh feuhr/, n. a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary. [1650 60; < LGk lexikográph(os) (see LEXICON, GRAPH) + ER1] * * * … Universalium
lexicographer — noun One who writes or compiles a dictionary. See Also: lexicography, lexicon, lexicologist … Wiktionary
lexicographer — Synonyms and related words: allegorist, annotator, cicerone, clarifier, commentator, critic, cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist, decoder, definer, demonstrator, demythologizer, dialectician, diaskeuast, dragoman, editor, emendator, emender … Moby Thesaurus
lexicographer — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dictionary writer, definer, etymologist, philologist, polyglot, dictionary maker, dictionarist, lexicologist, lexicographist, glossarian, glossarist, glossologist, glossographer, glottologist, philologer, vocabulist,… … English dictionary for students
