lexicographer:
(plural: ‘lexicographers’; pronunciation: for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a person who writes the meanings of words in a dictionary,
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784), one of the foremost lexicographers, England
Dr. Samuel Johnson was an English lexicographer who is known to have been quoted the most.
Noah Webster was one of America’s foremost lexicographers and his name has become synonymous with dictionary.
Lexicographers do not invent new words; they take down the new words spoken by the general public, and depending on the popularity of the new words, phrases and idioms, they note down the origin and suggest them to the publishers of dictionaries to be included in the future dictionaries.
Most lexicographers are teachers and travellers with a passion for the way a language develops and what causes a word to be more popular or less popular.
Noah Webster (1758 – 1843), one of the foremost American lexicographers
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