"Webster the wordsmith was a compiler, not a prescriber," he writes at one point.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Definitive American Life] Reference

CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama’s wordsmith is moving to the West Wing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama’s Speechwriter Moves to the White House - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Iain Dale is more a wordsmith which is why it's a good blog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blog Readers Survey] Reference

So come on TM show your not a "wordsmith" ...simplify, simplify.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trust, Contingency, and WoW Guilds] Reference

Language lingo with our own wordsmith Jeanne Moos.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2007] Reference

And you, dear 4akinderworld, are a great wordsmith!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama: Even Palin Denounced McCain's Robo-Slime] Reference

Ever the wordsmith, Lincoln revised Seward's words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jerry Weissman: It Ain't What You Say, It's How You Say It] Reference

But I can tell you this, she needs a new wordsmith.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2007] Reference

Language lingo with our own wordsmith, Jeanne Moos.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2007] Reference

I can't explain it I never was a wordsmith but yes.    From Wordnik.com.  [the-moo Diary Entry] Reference

I know I was quite the wordsmith in some of the pages.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagojo Diary Entry] Reference

I'm sure not the wordsmith you are, Paul, but here goes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Peete: HuffPo Readers Wax Poetic in Comments] Reference

Watch our exclusive interview with Palin wordsmith Dan Tubagoo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lee Stranahan: WATCH: Interview With Sarah Palin's Former Speechwriter] Reference

You know, you can nitpick this or wordsmith it anyway you want.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2006] Reference

But do you know him as a witty wordsmith who has a way with words?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2005] Reference

And I think that he ` s not a wordsmith like guys like you and I are.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2005] Reference

But words elude me occasionally, which is challenging for a wordsmith.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Old Is Too Old?] Reference

But today this Barnes and Noble was only big enough for one wordsmith.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2004] Reference

Words of caution from Nelly -- rapper, wordsmith, clinical psychologist.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2004] Reference

As a great wordsmith, what did you think of the president's Nobel oration?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2009] Reference

But it would seem that Noonan the careful wordsmith has let something slip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deanne Stillman: Dear Peggy Noonan: Yes, Sarah Killed - Wolves, for Starters] Reference

It is a part of the supportive therapy worried wordsmith intellectuals require.    From Wordnik.com.  [Horse Hockey: James Wolcott] Reference

COMMUNICATIONFormer White House hack will be his own best -- or worst-wordsmith.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voter's Guide To The Issues] Reference

KING: "Heroic Conservatism" is Gerson's take on his years as Mr. Bush's wordsmith.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2007] Reference

Sting fancies himself a wordsmith, but his metaphor-laden lyrics can be ambiguous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mercury Falling] Reference

This is courtesy of Conan O'Brien, who takes a little shot at a political wordsmith.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2009] Reference

He has been called the president's wordsmith, moral compass, and even his conscience.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2007] Reference

In a word, it's one that has fascinated the loftiest wordsmith of all, William Safire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathy Erway: The Frugalista Lifestyle] Reference

Imagine if you will 34 people in a room with 12 chairs trying to wordsmith 8 questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [roland Diary Entry] Reference

Always the wordsmith, he eloquently lambasted the wretch for devastating his young girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [James Sims: American Masters Toasts Dalton Trumbo] Reference

The more we debate and wordsmith, the more the enemy plots and plans and gains confidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2006] Reference

Jay-Z the wordsmith said little at first but stared at Buffett intently, taking in every word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jay-Z, Buffett and Forbes on Success and Giving Back] Reference

And I can't begin to articulate -- as much as they say I'm a wordsmith -- what really happened.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2007] Reference

COLLINS: Well, he seems to be quite a bit of a wordsmith, if you will, playing some games here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2004] Reference

I love this word, compliments of the wordsmith at AWAD: "Misology -- Hatred of logic or reason.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tipsy evening... tee hee] Reference

Another White House-related story -- the president's favorite wordsmith has left the White House.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2006] Reference

The title states that everything the master wordsmith penned has been included between hard covers.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Finkle: Johnny Mercer, Lyricist-Composer-Singer, at 100] Reference