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definer

noun

Definition of definer

as in lexicographer

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Recent Examples of definer The government as a primary definer of news also illustrates this interdependence. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 And much like the fictional sport’s real-world counterpart, in this all-animal cinematic universe, roarball is the ultimate culture-definer. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026 Other products include a heat protectant spray, a wave and curl definer, shampoos of different molecular weights, a texturizing spray and more. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

But the earliest roots of the word in the early 1500s have very little to do with summer recreation, according to Jennifer Hurd, an editor and lexicographer from the Oxford English Dictionary.

— Natalie Escobar, NPR, 25 June 2026
Stamper, a lexicographer and former editor at Merriam-Webster, charts the history of how thousands of colors came to be defined in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of lexicographer

Noun

Our skywatching editor Daisy Dobrijevic is currently aboard HX Expeditions' MS Spitsbergen exploring Greenland's dramatic coast.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Bud Billiken, the page’s fictional editor/mascot described as the guardian and protector of children, was invented by Abbott and the Defender’s executive editor Lucius Harper.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of editor

Noun

As a linguist who studies language, meaning and culture, I am fascinated by these marketing mishaps, which highlight a long-standing challenge for global brands.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 June 2026

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