swap_horiz Daniel Jones Alternatives

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P.G.W. Glare

British classicist and lexicographer P. G. W. Glare is closely associated with the Oxford Latin Dictionary, commonly abb...

Classical 20TH Century British Latin

9.25 Excellent

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John Chadwick

John Chadwick (1920-1998) was an English classical scholar, linguist, and lexicographer who worked with Michael Ventris...

Classical 20TH Century Historical English

9.12 Excellent

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Otto Jespersen

Otto Jespersen was a prominent 20th-century Danish linguist known primarily for his pioneering work in lexicography. He...

Danish 20TH Century Historical English

9.08 Excellent

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Walter Skeat

Walter Skeat was a British lexicographer renowned for his meticulous study of Old English and Anglo-Saxon roots. His Ety...

British Victorian English Anglo Saxon

9.05 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

8.94 Great

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Paul Procter

Paul Procter is a British lexicographer best known for serving as the editor of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary E...

20TH Century Editor British Learner

8.87 Great

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Henry Watson Fowler

Henry Watson Fowler was a 20th-century British lexicographer known for his meticulous study of English language usage. H...

20TH Century Usage British English

8.86 Great

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John Wells

John Wells is a contemporary British lexicographer specializing in English pronunciation. His work significantly advance...

Contemporary British English Pronouncing

8.84 Great

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Henry Sweet

Henry Sweet was a British lexicographer and phonetician active during the Victorian era. He significantly advanced the u...

British Victorian English Anglo Saxon

8.72 Great

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Thomas Northcote Toller

Thomas Northcote Toller was a British lexicographer specializing in Anglo-Saxon English. He is notable for his meticulou...

Historical British Victorian English

8.66 Great

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Frederick Furnivall

Frederick Furnivall was a British philologist central to the development of lexicography. He significantly contributed t...

British Victorian English Oed

8.62 Great

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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

8.58 Great

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Joseph Bosworth

Joseph Bosworth was a British lexicographer working during the Victorian era. He focused on historical English and Anglo...

Historical British Victorian English

8.48 Great

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Harold Orton

Harold Orton was a prominent British linguist and dialectologist who served as a professor at the University of Leeds. H...

Survey 20TH Century British English

7.92 Good

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John R. Clark Hall

John R. Clark Hall was a British philologist and scholar of Old English whose work aided the study of early medieval lan...

20TH Century Historical British English

7.82 Good

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Della Summers

Della Summers is a prominent British lexicographer known for her extensive work in English language learner dictionaries...

20TH Century British English Learner

7.74 Good

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Eric Stanley

Eric Gerald Stanley was a German-born British academic and lexicographer who specialized in Old English and Anglo-Saxon...

20TH Century Historical British English

7.64 Good

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Charles Ogden

Charles Kay Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for creating Basic English, a controlled la...

20TH Century British English Controlled

7.18 Good

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Thomas Dyche

Thomas Dyche was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer, and writer active in the early 18th century. He is best known f...

18TH Century General British English

6.78 Fair

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William Kenrick

William Kenrick was an English writer, critic, and lexicographer active in the eighteenth century. His A New Dictionary...

18TH Century Historical British English

6.66 Fair