encyclopedist

Definitions of encyclopedist
  1. noun
    a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
    synonyms: compilator, compiler
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    types:
    lexicograaf, lexicoloog, woordenaar, woordenboekmaker
    a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
    etymoloog
    a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
    type of:
    auteur, opsteller, schr., schrijfster, schrijver, steller, stelmonteur
    writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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