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Dictionary: en·cy·clo·pe·dist   (ĕn-sī'klə-pē'dĭst) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. A person who writes for or compiles an encyclopedia.
  2. Encyclopedist One of the writers of the French Encyclopédie (1751–1772), including its editors, Diderot and d'Alembert.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias
  Synonym: compiler


 
 
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