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lexicographer

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lex⋅i⋅cog⋅ra⋅pher

  [lek-si-kog-ruh-fer]
–noun
a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
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Origin:
1650–60; < LGk lexikográph(os) (see lexicon, -graph ) + -er 1
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lex·i·cog·ra·pher   (lěk'sĭ-kŏg'rə-fər)   
n.  One who writes, compiles, or edits a dictionary.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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lexicographer 
1658, from Fr. lexicographe "lexicographer," from Gk. lexikographos, from lexikon "wordbook" (see lexicon) + -graphos "writer," from graphein "to write."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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