encyclopedist
noun[C]
(also mainlyUKencyclopaedist)uk/ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpiː.dɪst/us/ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpiː.dɪst/apersonwhocreatesor writes for anencyclopedia(= abook,website, or set ofbookscontainingmanyarticlesarrangedinalphabeticalorderabout differentsubjects):
He was an encyclopedist,knownfor hisworkonmedicaltexts.
She has aninternationalreputationas ascientistand encyclopaedist.
- The firstaccountof thismedicalprocedurewas made by aRomanencyclopedist 2000yearsago.
- Early encyclopedists werefamiliarwith thesetheories.
- Much of theinformationwe have comes from the writings ofhistorians,geographers, and encyclopedists of thetime.
- Thebotanistswhonamedthetreewereinfluencedbyitsdescriptionin the writings of theRomanencyclopaedist, Pliny the Elder.
People who write for work or pleasure
- autobiographer
- blogger
- Braillist
- chronicler
- co-author
- columnist
- correspondent
- dramatist
- essayist
- humorist
- poet
- scriptwriter
- shorthand typist
- songwriter
- speechwriter
- stenographer
- stylist
- tweep
- tweeter
- twitterati