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ENCYCLOPEDIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does encyclopedist mean?
• ENCYCLOPEDIST (noun)
The noun ENCYCLOPEDIST has 1 sense:
1. a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
Familiarity information: ENCYCLOPEDIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who compiles information for encyclopedias
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
encyclopaedist; encyclopedist
Hypernyms ("encyclopedist" is a kind of...):
compiler (a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes))
Derivation:
encyclopedism (profound scholarly knowledge)
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