encyclopedist
noun
en·cy·clo·pe·dist
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Definition of encyclopedist
1
: one who compiles or writes for an encyclopedia
2
often capitalized
: one of the writers of a French encyclopedia (1751–80) who were identified with the Enlightenment and advocated deism and scientific rationalism
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