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Definition of Lexicologist
1. Noun. A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language.
Generic synonyms: Compiler, Linguist, Linguistic Scientist
Specialized synonyms: Etymologist, Neologist, Synonymist
Specialized synonyms: Bailey, Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey, Craigie, Sir William Alexander Craigie, William A. Craigie, Florio, John Florio, Fowler, Henry Watson Fowler, Dr. Johnson, Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Larousse, Pierre Athanase Larousse, Pierre Larousse, Littre, Maximilien Paul Emile Littre, James Augustus Henry Murray, James Augustus Murray, James Murray, Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray, Noah Webster, Webster, Joseph Emerson Worcester, Worcester
Derivative terms: Lexicography, Lexicology
Definition of Lexicologist
1. n. One versed in lexicology.
Definition of Lexicologist
1. Noun. an expert at lexicology ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lexicologist
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lexicologist
1. One versed in lexicology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lexicologist
Literary usage of Lexicologist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"NY State Pharm. Assn., 1897; près. NY Stute Bd. Pharmacy, and bd. examiner in
toxicology and posology; chmn. Stale com. on poisons; lexicologist lo ..."
2. The Annual Register: A Record of World Events edited by Edmund Burke (1857)
"Now it is only an hypothesis ; there is no foundation for it in experiment ; it
is not supported by the evidence of any eminent lexicologist but themselves ..."
3. A Critical Exposition of the Popular "jihád,": Showing that All the Wars of by Cherágh Ali, Chirāgh ʼAlī (1885)
"... a lexicologist of great repute, whose work is confined to classical terms and
... an Arabic-English lexicologist, clearly shows that the definition of ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1892)
"... the eminent lexicologist, died on the 4th inst., in Atlantic City, NJ, aged
73 years. Dr. Reese made important contributions to medical literature, ..."
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