Vocabulist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The writer or maker of a vocabulary (dictionary or glossary); a lexicographer.
  2. 2
    One who cultivates a large or impressive vocabulary.

    "There is not the least mystery about the meaning of the name of this river, the greenest vocabulist in the Algonquin tongue knows its meaning."

  3. 3
    A dictionary or glossary. obsolete

Synonyms

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vocabularian

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"There is not the least mystery about the meaning of the name of this river, the greenest vocabulist in the Algonquin tongue knows its meaning."

Etymology

From Latin vocābulum (“vocable”) + -ist. In sense 3, probably after Middle French vocabuliste or its etymon New Latin vocābulista (“vocabulary”). With sense 1, compare French vocabuliste with the same meaning.

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