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lexicographer

[lek-si-kog-ruh-fer] / ˌlɛk sɪˈkɒg rə fər /


NOUN
dictionary editor
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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

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

“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

But no lexicographer could carry out Macdonald’s mandate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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