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encyclopedist

  • /ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpiː.dɪst/ US

noun encyclopedists · encyclopaedist · encyclopediast · encyclopædist

  1. A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.
  2. An author of, or contributor to, an encyclopedia. The root of the mallow in goat's milk excites the sexual urge, according to Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist of the first century A.D.

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noun member of a group of French authors

Españolenciclopedista
中文百科全書派 /百科全书派 bǎikēquánshūpài
Françaisencyclopédiste
DeutschEnzyklopädist, Enzyklopädistin
Românăenciclopedist

noun person helping to write an encyclopedia

Españolenciclopedista
日本語百科事典編纂者 hyakkajiten hensan-sha
Françaisencyclopédiste
DeutschEnzyklopädist, Enzyklopädistin
Românăenciclopedist
العربيةمَوْسُوعِيّ mawsūʕiyy

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"encyclopedist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/encyclopedist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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encyclopedist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/encyclopedist

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"encyclopedist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/encyclopedist.

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@misc{encyclopedist_2026,
  title = {encyclopedist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/encyclopedist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}