bibliophilist


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bib·li·o·phile

 (bĭb′lē-ə-fīl′) also bib·li·o·phil (-fĭl′) or bib·li·oph·i·list (bĭb′lē-ŏf′ə-lĭst)
n.
1. A lover of books.
2. A collector of books.
bib′li·oph′i·lism n.
bib′li·oph′i·lis′tic adj.
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Dictionary Collector: Web3 defines bibliophile or bibliophilist as 'a book collector', so by analogy I would say a 'dictionary collector' (I'm one myself!) would be a lexicophile or lexicophilist.
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