lexicographer

From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, lexico- +‎ -grapher.

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/

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lexicographer (plural lexicographers)

1. One who writes or compiles a dictionary.

   Synonyms: dictionarian, dictionarist, lexicographist

   • [1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Lexico′grapher”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (L–Z), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton;  […], →OCLC, column 1:

     Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words.]

   • 1811, George Gordon Byron, Hints from Horace:

     Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two / Which lexicographers declined to do.

   • 1860, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Biographies contributed to the Encyclopædia Britannica:

     The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem.

• lexicography
• lexicon
• lexicologist