lexicographer

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On a recent weekday, the country’s leading legal lexicographer was ensconced among the 4,500 some-odd dictionaries that fill his Dallas home, revising the entry for the adjective “calculated” ahead of Black’s 13th Edition.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

“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

She joined mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent in an all female line-up on the daytime show, with her first instalment broadcast on 28 June.

From BBC • May 2, 2022

There was also a violinist, an English banker and a lexicographer with a thing for kilts and vintage cocktails.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2022

But no lexicographer could carry out Macdonald’s mandate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker