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Webster is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 to May 8, 1987 and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 to March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver .
Noah Webster's assistant, and later chief competitor, Joseph Emerson Worcester, and Webster's son-in-law Chauncey A. Goodrich, published an abridgment of Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language in 1829, with the same number of words and Webster's full definitions, but with truncated literary references and expanded ...
Webster was a success for ABC, finishing in the Nielsen Top 30 for its first three seasons before dropping off in its fourth. ABC canceled the show in 1987, but it continued in first-run syndication for two more seasons, making six in total. Lewis was 12 years old at the series' start, despite playing a five-year-old, and was 18 when the series ...
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries. It is the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States. It is the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (commonly known as Webster's Third, or W3) is an American English-language dictionary published in September 1961. It was edited by Philip Babcock Gove and a team of lexicographers who spent 757 editor-years and $3.5 million.
Webster, a television sitcom starring Emmanuel Lewis; Webster Bank, a bank based in Waterbury, Connecticut Webster Bank Arena, a previous name of the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Webster's Brewery, a former brewer in Yorkshire, England; Webster's Dictionary, any of several dictionaries edited by Noah Webster
Webster was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and received his early education in Webster Groves, Missouri; [6] and served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II. Following his service in the Navy, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in Amherst , Massachusetts , in 1947.
Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the Noah Webster House in western Hartford, Connecticut Colony, during the Colonial Era.The area of his birth later became West Hartford, Connecticut.