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After graduating, Wallace-Hadrill worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Maureen MacKey, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Esme was the motherless daughter of one of the lexicographers, and spent her youth sitting under the table in the Scriptorium while words were sorted and accepted or discarded.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
But popularity isn’t the only factor lexicographers consider when determining the word of the year.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Written by a career lexicographer with an infectious love of the English language, this ode to the dictionary is full of fun facts for linguistics lovers, as well as intimate stories that nerds of all stripes can enjoy.
—The Week Us, theweek, 16 Apr. 2024
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Maureen MacKey, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Esme was the motherless daughter of one of the lexicographers, and spent her youth sitting under the table in the Scriptorium while words were sorted and accepted or discarded.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
But popularity isn’t the only factor lexicographers consider when determining the word of the year.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Written by a career lexicographer with an infectious love of the English language, this ode to the dictionary is full of fun facts for linguistics lovers, as well as intimate stories that nerds of all stripes can enjoy.
—The Week Us, theweek, 16 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexicographer
Noun
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My father worked as a military linguist with a specialty in Mandarin Chinese and Russian.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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But that's nothing new, say linguists and others who study verbal communication.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Quico Toro is a writer and editor who serves as the global opinion columnist for the Washington Post.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Wisconsin editor.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, President Ronald Reagan biographer Craig Shirley compared Ingrassia to the Democratic nominee to become Virginia’s next attorney general, Jay Jones.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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Although Fawnie doesn’t have any notable namesakes, the late biographer Fawn Brodie was one of the first female professors at UCLA, and artist Fawn Krieger is a recent recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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Powering the portable scribbler is 1.7-GHz dual-core processing supported by 2 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Sep. 2025
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All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
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“Lexicographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicographer. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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