swap_horiz Ladislav Zgusta Alternatives

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James Murray

James Murray dedicated his life to documenting the history of the English language. As chief editor of the Oxford Englis...

Historical English Past Oed

9.7 Brilliant

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Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (c. 754 – c. 815) was an 8th-century scholar from Basra. He is primarily known for his *...

Classical Early Arabic Past

9.5 Brilliant

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Jacob Grimm

Jacob Grimm was a prominent German lexicographer and philologist. He is best known for his extensive work on the Deutsch...

German Historical Past Grimm

9.5 Brilliant

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Mahmud al-Kashgari

Mahmud al-Kashgari was a 11th-century lexicographer who created the *Diwan Lughat al-Turk*. This seminal work, produced...

Classical Arabic Past Turkic

9.4 Excellent

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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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Xu Shen

Xu Shen was a prominent scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. He is best known for his meticulous work compiling...

Ancient Chinese Past Characters

9.4 Excellent

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Ibn Manzur

Ibn Manzur (d. 1294) was a prominent Islamic scholar and lexicographer renowned for his monumental work, Lisan al-Arab....

Classical Arabic Past Lisan

9.3 Excellent

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Konrad Duden

Konrad Duden was a prominent German lexicographer best known for his 1880 *Deutsches Wörterbuch*. This comprehensive dic...

German General Past Orthography

9.2 Excellent

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Vuk Stefanović Karadžić

Vuk Stefanović Karadžić significantly shaped modern Serbian. He created the *Srpski rječnik* in 1818, a foundational dic...

General National Past Serbian

9.2 Excellent

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Vladimir Dahl

Vladimir Dahl was a prominent Russian lexicographer best known for his comprehensive Explanatory Dictionary of the Livin...

Russian General Folklore Past

9.1 Excellent

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Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda was a pivotal figure in modern Persian scholarship. He meticulously compiled Loghat-nameh, a comprehe...

Modern Persian Past Encyclopedic

9.1 Excellent

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Robert Estienne

Robert Estienne was a prominent 16th-century French lexicographer renowned for his scholarly work. He produced the Thesa...

French Renaissance Latin Past

9.1 Excellent

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Edward William Lane

Edward William Lane was a 19th-century lexicographer renowned for his comprehensive Arabic-English Lexicon. Published be...

English Arabic Bilingual Past

9.1 Excellent

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Pierre Larousse

Pierre Larousse was a prominent French lexicographer best known for his Grand Dictionnaire universel. This encyclopedic...

French General Past Encyclopedic

9.1 Excellent

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B.T.S. Atkins

B.T.S. Atkins is a British lexicographer recognized as a foundational pioneer in the practical application of computatio...

Theory British Oxford Bilingual

9.1 Excellent

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Aristophanes of Byzantium

Aristophanes of Byzantium was a lexicographer living in Alexandria during the Hellenistic period. He significantly contr...

Classical Ancient Greek Past

9.0 Excellent

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Émile Littré

Émile Littré was a prominent French lexicographer best known for his comprehensive Dictionnaire de la langue française....

French General Historical Past

9.0 Excellent

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Franz Josef Hausmann

Franz Josef Hausmann is a German scholar whose foundational research in metalexicography includes co-editing a major int...

German Academic Theory Metalexicography

9.0 Excellent

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Fairuzabadi

Muhammad ibn Mansur al-Fairuzabadi was a 14th-century Arabic lexicographer of Persian origin. He is best known for his A...

Classical Comprehensive Arabic Past

8.9 Great

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Elias Lönnrot

Elias Lönnrot was a 19th-century lexicographer primarily known for his comprehensive Finnish-Swedish dictionary. This am...

Swedish Bilingual Past Finnish

8.9 Great