vexillographer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- vĕk'sĭlŏʹgrəfə (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌvɛksɪˈlɑɡɹəfɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˌvɛksɪˈlɒɡɹəfə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From vexillo- + -grapher, by analogy with lexicographer etc.
Meanings
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(rare) A person who designs flags professionally or semi-professionally.
He turned himself into an instant vexillographer — a flag designer. […] Now 75 years old, the vexillographer has been living in Canada for the last 35 years. His vexillographer friends stopped him, “Hey! that is Netherlands’ flag! Careful! Queen Juliana or is it Queen Beatrix! She will shoot you on sight for stealing the colors plus the design,” they warned him. [… T]he Flag Institute has called him a “Vexillographer” — the professional title of a flag designer. All in all the Congress was highly successful with Dr. JEHANGIR R MEDORA of Canada presenting the Zoroastrian Flag of Friendliness and Brotherhood designed by him as a Vexillographer to all Delegates […]
1995: Parsiana, volume 18, pages 18, 19, and 167 (P. Warden)Had the terms been invented at the time, Miles could have called himself a vexillologist or vexillographer. He referred to the matter of flag design as “my pet hobby”.
2005: Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, volume 12, page 1 (North American Vexillological Association)Anders Holmquist is a vexillographer, or designer, maker and philosopher of flags.
1985: Linda Frye Burnham for Art in the Public Interest, High Performance, volume 8, №ˢ 29–32, page 56 (Astro Artz)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vexillographers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |