n. An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who introduces new words or new senses of old words into a language.
n. An innovator in any doctrine or system of belief, especially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversive of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist, so-called.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who introduces new words or phrases into a language.
n. Same as neologian.
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n. a lexicographer of new words and expressions
Word Usage
""Shakespeare was an avid neologist," he reports, adding that Old English epics such as "Beowulf" often used fancifully evocative compounds in place of common nouns: "slaughter-dew," for instance, instead of blood ."