"paramiographer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: paramiographers [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παροιμίᾱ (paroimíā, “proverb”) + -grapher. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|παροιμίᾱ||proverb}} Ancient Greek παροιμίᾱ (paroimíā, “proverb”), {{suffix|en||grapher}} + -grapher Head templates: {{en-noun}} paramiographer (plural paramiographers)
  1. (rare) A collector or writer of proverbs. Tags: rare

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          "text": "A collection of Danish proverbs, accompanied by a French translation, was printed at Copenhagen, in a quarto volume, 1761. England may boast of no inferior paramiographers. The grave and judicious Camden, the religious Herbert, the entertaining Howel, the facetious Fuller, and the laborious Ray, with others, have preserved our national sayings.",
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