lexicographer
pronunciation
How to pronounce lexicographer in British English:
UK [ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfə(r)]
How to pronounce lexicographer in American English:
US [ˌleksɪˈkɑːɡrəfər]
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- Noun:
- a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
Word Origin
- lexicographer (n.)
- 1650s, from French lexicographe "lexicographer," from Greek lexikographos, from lexikon "wordbook" (see lexicon) + -graphos "writer," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy).
Example
- 1. And they spoke the english that the lexicographer loved .
- 2. A lexicographer of new words and expressions .
- 3. So the lexicographer questioned a legion of other learned men about what he should do .
- 4. That use that predates the others at 1894 and seems the only one of the group whose first citation didn 't come from a lexicographer 's pen .
- 5. As the first american lexicographer , he also compiled the famous " webster 's dictionary " , which we still use today .