lexicographer
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lex·i·cog·ra·pher

noun \ˌlek-sə-ˈkä-grə-fər\

Definition of LEXICOGRAPHER

: an author or editor of a dictionary

Origin of LEXICOGRAPHER

Late Greek lexikographos, from lexikon + Greek -graphos writer, from graphein to write
First Known Use: 1658

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