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Lexicographer
A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary.
Some famous lexicographers:
- Julian Barnes (at a stretch)
- Henry Bradley
- Peter Bowler
- Robert Burchfield
- William Craigie
- Vladimir Dal
- Henry Watson Fowler
- Isaac Kaufmann Funk
- Hesychius of Alexandria
- A. S. Hornby
- Samuel Johnson
- Pierre Larousse
- James Murray
- Sergei Ozhegov
- Charles Talbut Onions
- Eric Partridge
- Josette Rey-Debove
- Peter Mark Roget
- John Simpson
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Noah Webster
Johnson defined a lexicographer as "a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words".
See also: List of lexicographers
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