lexicographer

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Ms. Stamper, a former Merriam-Webster lexicographer, traces the story back to I.H.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“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

For example, Run-DMC used it in its1986 song, “My Adidas,” said Grant Barrett, a linguist, lexicographer and co-host of “A Way with Words.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2022

She joined mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent in an all female line-up on the daytime show, with her first instalment broadcast on 28 June.

From BBC • May 2, 2022

“Difficult do you call it, Sir?” the lexicographer Samuel Johnson once said after hearing a violinist perform.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner