lexicographer

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Wood explained she had decided to apply after host Colin Murray appealed for older contestants, and lexicographer Susie Dent encouraged more female applications.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

“The further back in history, the less we can find Black people having agency over how we’re written about,” said Bianca Jenkins, a lexicographer working on the project.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2023

Almost all of these phrases originated in the 20th century, says lexicographer and author Kory Stamper, though they’ve really taken off from the 1980s onward.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2022

“Difficult do you call it, Sir?” the lexicographer Samuel Johnson once said after hearing a violinist perform.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

But no lexicographer could carry out Macdonald’s mandate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker