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...
- Esperanto lexicographers are individuals or groups, whether enthusiastic amateurs or trained linguists, who have produced single-language or bilingual...
- 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...
- of dictionaries, there are many different types of lexicographers. Questions that lexicographers are concerned with are for example the difficulties...
- representation of the sounds of spoken language. The IPA is used by lexicographers, foreign language students and teachers, linguists, speech-language...
- vocabulary from many other sources. Early studies of English vocabulary by lexicographers, the scholars who formally study vocabulary, compile dictionaries, or...
- 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...
- synonyms and the latter, near-synonyms, plesionyms or poecilonyms. Some lexicographers claim that no synonyms have exactly the same meaning (in all contexts...
- "Encyclopaedia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 27, 2010. An English lexicographer, H.W. Fowler, wrote in the preface to the first edition (1911) of The...
- traditionally held to refer to a type of wine whose etymology is given by Arab lexicographers as deriving from the verb qahiya, "to lack hunger", in reference to...
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