Definition of Lexicographers. Meaning of Lexicographers. Synonyms of Lexicographers

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Definition of Lexicographers

Lexicographer
Lexicographer Lex`i*cog"ra*pher (-[i^]*k[o^]g"r[.a]*f[~e]r), n. [Gr. lexikogra`fos; lexiko`n dictionary + gra`fein to write: cf. F. lexicographe. See Lexicon.] The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. --Johnson.

Meaning of Lexicographers from wikipedia

- This list contains people who contributed to the field of lexicography, the theory and practice of compiling dictionaries. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E...
- users as low as possible. Nielsen (2008) suggests relevant aspects for lexicographers to consider when making dictionaries as they all affect the users' impression...
- Esperanto lexicographers are individuals or groups, whether enthusiastic amateurs or trained linguists, who have produced single-language or bilingual...
- of dictionaries, there are many different types of lexicographers.[example needed] Lexicographers are concerned with the difficulties of defining simple...
- A defining vocabulary is a list of words used by lexicographers to write dictionary definitions. The underlying principle goes back to Samuel Johnson's...
- Compendium of Mistakes in Grammar, Usage, and Spelling with commentary on lexicographers and linguists. Scribner. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-4516-5134-8. Abrams, Meyer...
- Jan Stanisławski (1893–1973) was a Polish lexicographer. Before World War II, as a lecturer in English at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland...
- Murray, FBA (/ˈmʌri/; 7 February 1837 – 26 July 1915) was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary...
- "good usage" in the latter sense. "Despite occasional usage notes, lexicographers generally disclaim any intent to guide writers and editors on the thorny...
- (1786–1859), were Hessian academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the...
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