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(lĕksˊĭ-kŏg′rȧ-fẽr)

Noun.

[Gr.

λεξικογράφος

;

λεξικόν

dictionary +

γράφειν

to write: cf. F.

lexicographe

. See

The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.

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.

Noun.

[See Lexicography.] The author of a lexicon or dictionary_webster1828.