Get to know Lexicographer better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like linguist.
Lexicographer meaning
One who writes or compiles a dictionary.
Synonyms of Lexicographer
Using Lexicographer
- The main meaning on this page is: One who writes or compiles a dictionary.
- Useful related words include: lexicologist, linguist, linguistic scientist.
- In the example corpus, lexicographer often appears in combinations such as: the lexicographer, lexicographer at.
Context around Lexicographer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lexicographer
- In this selection, "lexicographer" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fictitious, data, explains, ben and grant stand out and add context to how "lexicographer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lexicographer explains that and according to lexicographer grant barrett. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lexicographer" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lexicographer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A person devoted to lexicography is called a lexicographer. (9 words)
Lexicographer main Writers who create dictionaries are called lexicographers. (9 words)
Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. (13 words)
A source of some confusion has been Granholm's jocular citation of the wholly fictitious lexicographer, Phineas Burling, of the firm "Fink and Wiggles" (for Funk & Wagnalls ) as confirming the Germanic origin of the word. (35 words)
Beyond the questions that Trump’s Twitter feed raises about his relationship to matters of writing style, Sokolowski, the lexicographer at Merriam-Webster, said that there is a larger issue here. (31 words)
On Wednesday, a lexicographer at Dictionary.com addressed a viral tweet going around suggesting that the online dictionary would add a word to the dictionary if it got 50,000 retweets. (31 words)
Example sentences (11)
A lexicographer explains that learning words from the past can help us manage our emotions now.
Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news.
Rizz, it seems, is one of the words of 2023, according to lexicographer Grant Barrett.
The year, Oxford Languages said in the report last week, “brought a new immediacy and urgency to the role of the lexicographer.
Beyond the questions that Trump’s Twitter feed raises about his relationship to matters of writing style, Sokolowski, the lexicographer at Merriam-Webster, said that there is a larger issue here.
On Wednesday, a lexicographer at Dictionary.com addressed a viral tweet going around suggesting that the online dictionary would add a word to the dictionary if it got 50,000 retweets.
A person devoted to lexicography is called a lexicographer.
A source of some confusion has been Granholm's jocular citation of the wholly fictitious lexicographer, Phineas Burling, of the firm "Fink and Wiggles" (for Funk & Wagnalls ) as confirming the Germanic origin of the word.
Both the lexicographic data (lexicographer files) and the compiler (called grind) for producing the distributed database are available.
Lexicographer main Writers who create dictionaries are called lexicographers.
The first woman on the channel, contrary to popular belief, was not Carol Vorderman and was a lexicographer only ever identified as Mary.
Common combinations with lexicographer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the lexicographer 2×
- lexicographer at 2×