The first edition of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1828. "It has been my aim in this work, now offered to my fellow citizens, to ascertain the true ...

Merriam-Webster calls themselves “the direct lexicographical heir of Noah Webster” ― and YET, their (comparatively glowing) definition of cat reads: “a carnivorous mammal ( Felis catus) long ...

Noah Webster was the patriot armed with a pen. He defined 12,000 new words in the wake of the American Revolution, using language to establish a new national identity.

In a recent online presentation, editors and researchers working on a first-of-its-kind dictionary of African American English gave a status update on the project.

This article was originally published with the title “Webster's Unabridged Dictionary” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 20 (January 1853), p. 156 doi:10.1038 ...

Object Details Designer Elaine Lustig Cohen, American, 1927–2016 Client Meridian Books, New York, New York, USA Catalogue Status Research in Progress Description Horizontal rectangle with bright red ...

H., O. Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language Based on the International Dictionary of 1890 and 1900 Now completely revised in all Departments, including also a Gazetteer ...

The company has announced a whole bunch of new words being added to the titular dictionary—with a special group of slang words commonly thrown around on the interwebs.

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. That word is “polarization.” ...

The dictionary will serve as a record of the ways Black people have molded English to protect themselves, Harvard researcher Henry Louis Gates Jr. said.