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ENCYCLOPEDIST

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en⋅cy⋅clo⋅pe⋅dist

  [en-sahy-kluh-pee-dist]
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–noun
1. a compiler of or contributor to an encyclopedia.
2. (often initial capital letter) one of the collaborators on the French Encyclopedia.
Also, en⋅cy⋅clo⋅pae⋅dist.

Origin:
1645–55; encycloped(ia) + -ist
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en·cy·clo·pe·dist   (ěn-sī'klə-pē'dĭst)   
n.  

  1. A person who writes for or compiles an encyclopedia.

  2. Encyclopedist One of the writers of the French Encyclopédie (1751-1772), including its editors, Diderot and d'Alembert.

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