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Webster, Noah
     
Webster, Noah
(1758-1843) a US lexicographer (=someone who writes dictionaries) who produced his famous American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. His name is used for a series of dictionaries called Webster's dictionaries, which are the best-known English dictionaries produced in the US.
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