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lexicographer

[lek-si-kog-ruh-fer] / ˌlɛk sɪˈkɒg rə fər /


NOUN
dictionary editor
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All of these shows are also airing during a sea change in the way Americans speak, according to lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023

“The further back in history, the less we can find Black people having agency over how we’re written about,” said Bianca Jenkins, a lexicographer working on the project.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2023

“Watching that spell-off, you got a real sense of the actual work of preparing for the Bee,” said Kory Stamper, a lexicographer and the author of “Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries.”

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

She appears alongside host Anne Robinson and lexicographer Susie Dent.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2021

But no lexicographer could carry out Macdonald’s mandate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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