- A person who writes for or compiles an encyclopedia.
- Encyclopedist One of the writers of the French Encyclopédie (1751–1772), including its editors, Diderot and d'Alembert.
Dictionary:
en·cy·clo·pe·dist (ĕn-sī'klə-pē'dĭst) ![]() |
| WordNet: encyclopedist |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias
Synonym: compiler
| Guiot de Provins | |
| Larousse, Pierre Athanase (French lexicographer) | |
| Varro, Marcus Terentius (Roman scholar and encyclopedist) |
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