lexicographer

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Ms. Stamper, a former Merriam-Webster lexicographer, traces the story back to I.H.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

All of these shows are also airing during a sea change in the way Americans speak, according to lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023

“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

“Watching that spell-off, you got a real sense of the actual work of preparing for the Bee,” said Kory Stamper, a lexicographer and the author of “Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries.”

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 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