word-maker

Whewell, whose scientific position and dialectic turn of mind may fairly qualify him to be a word-maker, seems peculiarly deficient in ear.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Various

It has been said that the point of resemblance between a cow and a comet, that both have tails, was quite enough for the primitive word-maker: it was certainly enough for the primitive myth-teller. 24 Sometimes the pinnate shape of a leaf, the forking of a branch, the tri-cleft corolla, or even the red colour of a flower, seems to have been sufficient to determine the association of ideas.

Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872

Byzantian word-maker also speaks, if I am not mistaken, of confirmation and further confirmation.

Phaedrus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

Kossuth has doubtless made a great mistake in taking his position here; it is the mistake of a word-maker and of a relier on words, and he has not mended the matter by defining.

Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Orville Dewey 1838

An often neglected aspect of William Shakespeare's genius is that he was the greatest word-maker of all time.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 4 1988