ANTHOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anthologist mean? 

• ANTHOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun ANTHOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. an editor who makes selections for an anthology

  Familiarity information: ANTHOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An editor who makes selections for an anthology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("anthologist" is a kind of...):

editor; editor in chief (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))

Derivation:

anthology (a collection of selected literary passages)