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What is the name for a person who defines words??

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  1. etymologist - a lexicographer who specializes in etymology

    linguist - a specialist in linguistics

    neologist - a lexicographer of new words and expressions

    grammarian, syntactician - a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax

    lexicographer, lexicologist - a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical

    component of language

    phonetician- a specialist in phonetics

    phonologist - a specialist in phonology

    semanticist, semiotician - a specialist in the study of meaning

    sociolinguist - a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication


  2. A walking dictionary or a wordsmith.  

  3. an etymologist is one who studies the history of the origin and development of words


  4. the language users 'define' words  

  5. lexicographer
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