† necrographern.
Obsolete. rare.
A person who writes an obituary notice. Cf. earlier necrologist n.
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society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > writer of obituaries
death-hunter1723
obituarist1792
necrographer1861
obituarian1909
the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > [noun] > writer of
obituarist1792
necrologist1803
necrographer1861
obituarian1909
1861 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip xxi, in Cornhill Mag. Oct. 400 Those obituary notices to which noblemen of eminence must submit from the mysterious necrographer engaged by that paper.
1866 London Rev. 30 June 721/1 His necrographer does not take the trouble of burying him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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