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Walther von Wartburg

Walther von Wartburg was a 20th-century Swiss lexicographer specializing in Gallo-Romance languages. He is primarily kno...

Swiss French 20TH Century Historical

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Joan Coromines

Joan Coromines was a Catalan lexicographer renowned for his exhaustive work on the Catalan language. His most significan...

Comprehensive 20TH Century Catalan Etymological

9.2 Excellent

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Frederic Cassidy

Frederic Cassidy was an American lexicographer dedicated to documenting regional English dialects. He recognized a signi...

American 20TH Century English Dialect

8.9 Great

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Franz Miklosich

Franz Miklosich was an Austrian scholar specializing in Slavic languages. He is primarily known for his meticulous work...

Austrian 19TH Century Comparative Slavic

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Rasmus Christian Rask

Rasmus Christian Rask was a 19th-century Danish linguist who significantly advanced comparative linguistics and compiled...

Comparative Past Indo European Etymology

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Jonathan Lighter

Jonathan Lighter was a prominent lexicographer specializing in American slang and historical language. He is best known...

American 20TH Century Historical English

8.6 Great

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Julius Pokorny

Julius Pokorny (1890-1974) was an Austrian scholar specializing in Indo-European linguistics. He is best known for his c...

Austrian 20TH Century Comparative Indo European

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Joan Hall

Joan Hall was a 20th-century American lexicographer specializing in English dialect. Her work focused on documenting reg...

American 20TH Century English Dialect

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Albert Dauzat

Albert Dauzat was a prominent 20th-century French lexicographer specializing in the study of the French language. His wo...

French 20TH Century General Onomastics

8.4 Great

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Loránd Benkő

Loránd Benkő was a 20th-century Hungarian lexicographer renowned for his meticulous work on A magyar nyelv történeti-eti...

Hungarian Comprehensive 20TH Century Historical

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Oskar Bloch

Oskar Bloch was a 20th-century French linguist specializing in lexicography and etymology. He is primarily known for his...

French 20TH Century General Historical

8.2 Great

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Malcolm Guthrie

Malcolm Guthrie was a 20th-century British lexicographer specializing in African languages. His significant work centere...

20TH Century Comparative British African

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Sidney Landau

Sidney Landau was an American lexicographer who significantly shaped the field during the 20th century. His work focused...

American 20TH Century General English

8.1 Great

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Giacomo Devoto

Giacomo Devoto (1909-1998) was an Italian lexicographer and linguist whose work significantly advanced the study of the...

Italian 20TH Century General Historical

8.1 Great

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Harold Wentworth

Harold Wentworth was an American lexicographer whose 1944 American Dialect Dictionary and 1960 Dictionary of American Sl...

American 20TH Century English Slang

7.9 Good

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Robert Chapman

Robert Chapman was an American lexicographer who edited Roget's Thesaurus editions in 1977 and 1992 and HarperCollins' N...

American 20TH Century General English

7.7 Good

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Mitford Mathews

Mitford Mathews was an American lexicographer who edited the 1951 Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles fo...

American 20TH Century Historical English

7.6 Good

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Frank Horace Vizetelly

Frank Horace Vizetelly was an English-American lexicographer who edited Funk & Wagnalls dictionaries and wrote a Literar...

American 20TH Century General Usage

7.4 Good

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William Morris

William Morris was an American lexicographer who edited the first American Heritage Dictionary in 1969, using a 105-memb...

American 20TH Century General English

7.2 Good

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Sol Steinmetz

Sol Steinmetz was an American lexicographer who helped edit the Barnhart Dictionary of New English volumes, published in...

American 20TH Century English Random House

7.2 Good