phraseologists

Noun

phraseologist (plural phraseologists)

1. A writer or speaker who coins clever phrases; One who is eloquent.
   • The author of Poetæ Rusticantis literatum Otium is but a mere phraseologist, the philological publisher is but a translator; but I expected better usage from Mr. Abel Roper, who is an original.1802, Alexander Chalmers, The British Essayists: The Guardian, page 204
2. One who studies or collects phrases
   • Another correspondent, who has 'completed [his] education in the language of Tully, the philosophy of Voltaire, and the amplification of Dr. Johnson, the great Lexiconian phraseologist,' aspires to become the dramatic critic of the journal alluded to, and give the following taste of his quality:1874 August, “Orient Pearls at Random Strung”, in Tinsley's Magazine, volume 15, page 201
3. One who specializes in phraseological details of a field.
   • Two further aspects should be underlined: (a) the terminologist is generally also a 'phraseologist' and (b) the task of the terminologist is now recognised as a bona fide job within certain companies.2007, Daniel Gouadec, Translation as a Profession, page 116