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Noah Webster

Noah Webster was a prominent 19th-century American lexicographer. He developed standardized spellings and definitions fo...

American English Past Webster

9.4 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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Bryan Garner

Bryan Garner is a prominent American lexicographer known for his work clarifying contemporary usage of the English langu...

American Contemporary Usage English

8.5 Great

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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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Anatoly Liberman

Anatoly Liberman is an American lexicographer specializing in Germanic languages and English etymology. He meticulously...

American Contemporary Germanic English

8.1 Great

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Clarence Barnhart

Clarence Lewis Barnhart (1900–1993) was an American lexicographer who significantly influenced 20th-century dictionary p...

American General English Past

7.8 Good

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Robert Chapman

Robert L. Chapman was an American lexicographer and reference editor. He edited multiple editions of Roget's Internation...

American 20TH Century General English

7.7 Good

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Anne Curzan

Anne Curzan is an American lexicographer, linguist, and academic who currently serves as the dean of the College of Lite...

American Contemporary Academic English

7.7 Good

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Tom Dalzell

Tom Dalzell is an American lexicographer and author whose work concentrates on slang, unconventional English, and specia...

American Contemporary General English

7.5 Good

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Anne Soukhanov

Anne Soukhanov is an American lexicographer who edited the 1999 Encarta World English Dictionary after serving as execut...

American 20TH Century General English

7.4 Good

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Frank Horace Vizetelly

Frank Horace Vizetelly was an English-American lexicographer and editor prominent in the early 20th century. He is best...

American 20TH Century General Usage

7.4 Good

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Steve Kleinedler

Steve Kleinedler is an American lexicographer who worked on American Heritage dictionaries, including the fifth edition...

American Contemporary General English

7.3 Good

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Charles Earle Funk

Charles Earle Funk was an American lexicographer and member of the family associated with the Funk & Wagnalls publishing...

American 20TH Century General English

7.3 Good

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Jane Solomon

Jane Solomon is an American lexicographer who has worked as a senior researcher for the online reference resource Dictio...

American Contemporary General English

7.3 Good

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Frederick Mish

Frederick Mish is a Merriam-Webster lexicographer known as editor in chief of the 2003 eleventh edition of Merriam-Webst...

American 20TH Century General English

7.2 Good

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Victoria Neufeldt

Victoria Neufeldt is a lexicographer who edited Webster's New World College Dictionary, third edition, issued under Pren...

American 20TH Century General English

7.2 Good

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William Morris

William Morris was a 20th-century American lexicographer best known for his editorial role in the creation of The Americ...

American 20TH Century General English

7.2 Good

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Laurence Urdang

Laurence Urdang was an American lexicographer and editor whose work focused on English reference publishing. In 1974 he...

American General English Past

7.1 Good

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Wilfred Funk

Wilfred J. Funk was an American lexicographer, author and publisher associated with the dictionary publisher Funk & Wagn...

American 20TH Century General English

6.9 Fair

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James Hulbert

James R. Hulbert was an English scholar and University of Chicago professor who worked in historical lexicography. He co...

American 20TH Century General Historical

6.6 Fair