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lexicographers

lexicographers is the plural of lexicographer.

Meaning of lexicographer

Noun

lexicographer (plural lexicographers)

  1. One who writes or compiles a dictionary.
    • Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words.[1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “Lexico′grapher”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (L–Z), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC, column 1

Questions about lexicographers

What is lexicographers the plural of?
Lexicographers is the plural of lexicographer.

Words near lexicographers in the dictionary

  1. lexicogrammar
  2. lexicogrammars
  3. lexicogrammatical
  4. lexicogrammatically
  5. lexicographer
  6. lexicographers
  7. lexicographese
  8. lexicographic
  9. lexicographic order
  10. lexicographic orders
  11. lexicographical

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