lexicographer

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“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

Michael Rundell, a linguist and lexicographer - now mostly retired - has been a dictionary editor since 1980.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

For example, Run-DMC used it in its1986 song, “My Adidas,” said Grant Barrett, a linguist, lexicographer and co-host of “A Way with Words.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 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