anthologist

UK: /ænˈθɒlədʒɪst/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

an•thol•o•gy /ænˈθɑlədʒi/   n. [countable] , pl. -gies. 

1. Literature a collection of selected writings:
   an anthology of poetry.

an•thol•o•gist, n. [countable]
an•thol•o•gize /ænˈθɑləˌdʒaɪz/  v. [~ + object] , -gized, -giz•ing. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

an•thol•o•gy  (an thol′ə jē), n., pl. -gies. 

1. Literature a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject:
   an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
2. Literature a collection of selected writings by one author.

• Greek: collection of poems, literally, gathering of flowers, equivalent. to anthológ(os) flower-gathering (antho- antho- + -logos, adjective, adjectival derivative of légein to pick up, collect) + -ia -ia
• Latin anthologia
• 1630–40;

an•tho•log•i•cal  (an′thə loj′i kəl), adj.  an′tho•log′i•cal•ly, adv. 
an•thol′o•gist, n.