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Webster, Noah
(Noah Web|ster)
Pronunciation:
/ˈwɛbstə/
(
1758–1843
)
, American lexicographer. His
American Dictionary of the English Language
(1828) was the first dictionary to give comprehensive coverage of American usage.
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