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  2. Dictionary of Old English - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of Old English (DOE) is a dictionary of the Old English language, published by the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, under the direction of Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, and Haruko Momma. It complements the Oxford English Dictionary ' s comprehensive survey of modern English, the ...

  3. Early English dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    Before Samuel Johnson 's two-volume A Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755 and considered the most authoritative and influential work of early English lexicography, there were other early English dictionaries: more than a dozen had been published during the preceding 150 years. This article lists the most significant ones.

  4. Webster's Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language. [edit] Noah Webster (1758–1843), the author of the readers and spelling books which dominated the American market at the time, spent decades of research in compiling his dictionaries. His first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, appeared in 1806.

  5. Yuen: A century-old dictionary on display at Magers & Quinn ...

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    Do you own a dictionary anymore? For years, I schlepped a red hardbound Merriam-Webster's tome, along with a dogeared Roget's Thesaurus, to every newsroom cubicle I worked at across the country.

  6. A Dictionary of the English Language - Wikipedia

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    A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. [2] It is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language. There was dissatisfaction with the dictionaries of the period, so in June 1746 a group of London booksellers ...

  7. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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    First edition. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (AHD) is a dictionary of American English published by HarperCollins. It is currently in its fifth edition (since 2011). Before HarperCollins acquired certain business lines from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2022, the family of American Heritage dictionaries had long been ...

  8. Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    www.oed.com. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which published its first edition in 1884, traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive ...

  9. List of online dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    The following is a concise list of online English dictionaries whose definitions are based upon well-established content. American Heritage Dictionary American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Ed. Collins Online Dictionary Collins Unabridged English Dictionary; Collins Unabridged Thesaurus; Collins Webster's American English ...

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