First Known Use: 1658
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lexicographer
noun lex·i·cog·ra·pher \ˌlek-sə-ˈkä-grə-fər\
Definition of LEXICOGRAPHER
: an author or editor of a dictionary
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Origin of LEXICOGRAPHER
Late Greek lexikographos, from lexikon + Greek -graphos writer, from graphein to write
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