swap_horiz Harold Orton 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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones was a 20th-century British lexicographer renowned for his meticulous work developing the English Pronouncin...

20TH Century British English Pronouncing

9.02 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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Antoni Maria Alcover

Antoni Maria Alcover was a 20th-century Mallorcan lexicographer dedicated to documenting the Catalan language. His work...

Comprehensive 20TH Century Catalan Dialect

8.76 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

14

Francesc de Borja Moll

Francesc de Borja Moll was a Catalan lexicographer dedicated to documenting the Mallorcan dialect. His significant contr...

20TH Century General Catalan Dialect

8.62 Great

15

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

8.45 Great

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Harold Wentworth

Harold Wentworth was an American lexicographer whose research concentrated on regional, informal, and nonstandard variet...

American 20TH Century English Slang

7.88 Good

17

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