'Lexicographer' definitions:
Definition of 'lexicographer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language [syn: lexicographer, lexicologist]
Definition of 'Lexicographer'
From: GCIDE
- Lexicographer \Lex`i*cog"ra*pher\ (l[e^]ks`[i^]*k[o^]g"r[.a]*f[~e]r), n. [Gr. lexikogra`fos; lexiko`n dictionary + gra`fein to write: cf. F. lexicographe. See Lexicon.] The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary. [1913 Webster]
- Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] Lexicographic
Synonyms of 'lexicographer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- critic,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- dialectician,
- diaskeuast,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- emendator,
- emender,
- etymologer,
- etymologist,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- grammarian,
- grammaticaster,
- grammatist,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- interpreter,
- lexicologist,
- linguist,
- linguistic scholar,
- linguistic scientist,
- linguistician,
- metaphrast,
- oneirocritic,
- orthoepist,
- paleographer,
- paraphrast,
- philologaster,
- philologer,
- philologian,
- philologist,
- phonemicist,
- phonetician,
- phoneticist,
- phonologist,
- scholiast,
- semanticist,
- semasiologist,
- textual critic,
- translator