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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

But no lexicographer could carry out Macdonald’s mandate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

“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




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