Lexicographer (original) (raw)
A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary.
Some famous lexicographers:
- Samuel Johnson
- Noah Webster
- Isaac Kaufmann Funk
- James Murray
- Henry Bradley
- William Craigie
- Charles Talbut Onions
- Henry Watson Fowler
- A. S. Hornby
Johnson famously defined a lexicographer as "Lexicographer: A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words".