lexicographer

noun

1. One who writes or compiles a dictionary.

   “Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words.”

   “Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two / Which lexicographers declined to do.”

   “The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem.”