anecdotographer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anecdote + -o- + -grapher.
Noun
[edit]anecdotographer (plural anecdotographers)
- (rare) Someone who writes, collects or publishes anecdotes.
- 1821 November, “The Censor.–No. XI: Supplement to the Progress of Anecdotal Literature”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XCI, page 418:
- Not even the anecdotographer would disturb the slumbers of these worthies; they are gone, and it is surely an atonement for their appearance in the world, that they are gone for ever.