anecdotographer

English

Etymology

From anecdote +‎ -o- +‎ -grapher.

Noun

anecdotographer (plural anecdotographers)

  1. (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.
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