Anthologist

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /ænˈθɒl.ə.dʒɪst/

Definitions

1. Someone who gathers and arranges selected literary works into a collection
2. An individual who selects and organizes excerpts or pieces of writing for publication
3. A person responsible for assembling diverse texts into a single volume for readers

Etymology: The "-ist" at the end of "anthologist" is a suffix with a long Greek pedigree: it began as "-istēs" in ancient Greek, a marker for a person who practises or deals in something, and it passed through Latin and Old French into English. The "anthology" it attaches to is itself a compound of Greek roots meaning "flower" and "gathering," so the word for a person who gathers collections is built on an image of picking blooms. This is a plain suffixed formation rather than a single coinage, and the word's meaning follows directly from its parts.

Synonyms: editor, compiler, collector