logographer
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λογογράφος (logográphos) + -er. By surface analysis, logo- + -grapher.
Noun
logographer (plural logographers)
- a chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences
- one skilled in logography
- (Ancient Greece) Someone who made a speech on behalf of another, in a legal trial.
References
- “logographer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.