Synonyms:
lexicographer, lexicologist
Meaning: a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
Usage examples
There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.
I dare say now, in that tavern parlour where the lexicographer held forth so ably after sun-set, he made but scant allusion to his nursing feats, lest some mad wit might have twitted him upon the subject, for you may be sure that the wits of those days, as of ours, could have been mighty satirical on such a theme.