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Philip Babcock Gove (1902–1972) was an American lexicographer best known for serving as the editor-in-chief of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, which was published by Merriam-Webster in 1961. Under his editorial direction, the dictionary adopted a strictly descriptive linguistic approac...
Peter Sokolowski is an American lexicographer and editor at large at Merriam-Webster. He joined the company in 1994 as its first French-language editor and has since worked on dictionary entries, including material for bilingual and English-language reference works. He also writes and speaks publicl...
Kory Stamper is an American lexicographer who worked for Merriam-Webster and wrote Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, published in 2017. The book combines personal experience with an account of dictionary making, including the research, editorial judgment, and usage questions that shape...
Emily Brewster is an American lexicographer who serves as an associate editor at Merriam-Webster. She specializes in defining words and tracking their usage in the English language, contributing to dictionaries and related reference works. Brewster is known for explaining the dictionary-making proce...
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