D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lexicographer

/(lĕks`ĭ*kŏg"rȧ*fẽr)/ · Lex·i·cog·ra·pher · IPA /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/
01 n. The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.
  1. 1.
    The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.
    “Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.” Johnson.