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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Encyclopedist \En*cy`clo*pe"dist\, n. [Cf. F.
encyclop['e]diste.]
The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such
compilation; also one whose knowledge embraces the whole
range of the sciences.
{The Encyclopedists}, the writers of the great French
encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors were
Diderot and D'Alembert. Among the contributors were
Voltaire and Rousseau.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
encyclopedist
n : a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias [syn: {compiler}]
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