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# lexicographer

«lexicographer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who writes or edits dictionaries** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a lexicographer, lexicographers)

### meaning for a pupil

A lexicographer is a person who writes or edits dictionaries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexicographer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

English lessons and history: Samuel Johnson wrote a famous English dictionary in 1755; Noah Webster wrote an American one in 1828. It tells the reader about people who collect words and their meanings.

### examples

- A lexicographer writes dictionary entries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexicographer/#x1)
- Samuel Johnson was a famous lexicographer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexicographer/#x2)
- Noah Webster was an American lexicographer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexicographer/#x3)
- Lexicographers add new words like «emoji» to dictionaries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexicographer/#x4)
- The lexicographer studied how people really use the word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexicographer/#x5)
- She wants to be a lexicographer because she loves words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexicographer/#x6)

### note

Say «lex-ih-KOG-ruh-fer». Plural: lexicographers. The work is «lexicography».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lexicographer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lexicographer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.