samuel johnson

English Thesaurus

1. English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	lexicographer, lexicologist,
definition	:	a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	author, writer,
definition	:	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person)