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* '''Noah Webster:''' American writer, editor, and dictionary-complier (1753–1953). Among other accomplishments. he founded New York's first daily newspaper, reformed spelling and wrote the standard American spelling book, and compiled the first American dictionary (1844). | * '''Noah Webster:''' American writer, editor, and dictionary-complier (1753–1953). Among other accomplishments. he founded New York's first daily newspaper, reformed spelling and wrote the standard American spelling book, and compiled the first American dictionary (1844). | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:53, 11 May 2022
- Noah Webster: American writer, editor, and dictionary-complier (1753–1953). Among other accomplishments. he founded New York's first daily newspaper, reformed spelling and wrote the standard American spelling book, and compiled the first American dictionary (1844).
- webster: (Archaic) weaver