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A lexicographer is a person who dictionaries: who chooses the words, drafts the meanings, picks the examples, and argues about what belongs in the book. Though actually, you will sometimes see this word glossed as “the skill of writing dictionaries.” That skill is — the job, the field. The lexicographer is the worker. It is a learned job-title, a little old-fashioned and proud; in ordinary talk people just say “the dictionary writers.” The work is slower and more argumentative than students imagine: one entry can take a long time, because a word is used loosely in life and the lexicographer has to show that without lying. Samuel Johnson is the famous English name; modern dictionaries are usually built by teams, not one hero.
詞典編纂者
組成From French lexicographe + English -er. Greek lexikós (“of words”) + gráphō (“write”). By the pieces you can see: lexico- + -grapher (“someone who writes”).
同家族的字
- lexicographythe field and the work; this word is the person who does it
- lexicographicalthe adjective: to do with dictionary-making
- lexiconsame lexico- / lex- root: a dictionary, or a word-stock
- photographersame -grapher: a person who “writes” (records) with light
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
lexicographernoun/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/
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One who writes or compiles a dictionary.
- Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words.
- Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two / Which lexicographers declined to do.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。