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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.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (MWDEU) is a usage dictionary published by Merriam-Webster, Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts. It is currently available in a reprint edition (1994) ISBN 0-87779-132-5 or ISBN 978-0-87779-132-4. (The 1989 edition did not include Merriam-in the title.
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.
Stamper worked in a college development office before applying for an editorial assistant position with Merriam-Webster in 1998. [1] She left Merriam-Webster after working there for nearly 20 years. [2] She was associate editor at Merriam-Webster for more than ten years. [3] As of 2019, Stamper worked freelance with Cambridge University Press. [4]
William Rush Merriam (1849–1934), American politician and 11th governor of Minnesota; George Merriam (1803–1880) and his brother Charles, founders of G. and C. Merriam, later Merriam-Webster; Sarah A. L. Merriam (1971–), American lawyer and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
For example, the 2003 and 2004 lists were determined by online hits to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Online Thesaurus and to Merriam-WebsterCollegiate.com. [5] [6] In 2006 and 2007, Merriam-Webster changed this practice, and the list was determined by an online poll among words that were suggested by visitors to the site. [4]