encyclopedist

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(-pē′dist)

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noun

a person who compiles or helps compile an encyclopedia

See encyclopedist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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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