English playwright whose works include The White Devil (published 1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (c. 1613). American lexicographer whose Spelling Book (1783) helped standardize American spelling. His major work, An American Dictionary of the English Language, was originally published in 1828. Webster Benjamin Francis Webster Daniel Webster John Webster Noah Webster Ashburton Treaty Lake Webster
{i} family name; Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer; John Webster (1580-~1625), English playwright; Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Unites States politician; Webster's Dictionary, English language dictionaries in the USA; name of several cities and towns in the USA
A type of dictionary server available at many educational sites, public servers were common until copyright concerns caused most of them to be closed to outside access
The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary is downloadable for free from Project Gutenberg The 1913 edition was used because the compyright is expired For details on copyright, if you want to find out more or contribute to Project Gutenberg's free electronic library, please follow the above link (http: //promo net/pg) The exact quote of the copy I downloaded is: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Version published 1913 by the C & G Merriam Co Springfield, Mass Under the direction of Noah Porter, D D , LL D I recently compiled a Webster for the Zaurus by writing a respective PERL program, but I havn't tested the dictionary enough to tell whether or not it contains major bugs Chris Clark has written a PERL script to port the Webster to WinCE Here is his note and script, try it out!
(1842) Treaty between the U.S. and Britain establishing the northeastern boundary of the U.S. Negotiated by U.S. secretary of state Daniel Webster and Britain's ambassador Lord Ashburton, it also provided for Anglo-U.S. cooperation in the suppression of the slave trade. It fixed the present boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, granted the U.S. navigation rights on the St. John River, provided for extradition in nonpolitical criminal cases, and established a joint naval system for suppressing the slave trade off the African coast
born March 27, 1909, Kansas City, Mo., U.S. died Sept. 20, 1973, Amsterdam, Neth. U.S. tenor saxophonist. Influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Johnny Hodges, he played in several important swing bands before joining that of Duke Ellington in 1940. After 1943 he worked mostly as the leader of small ensembles. He moved to Copenhagen, Den., in 1964. His sensual, breathy tone and wide vibrato were his trademarks, and he became one of the master interpreters of jazz ballads
born March 27, 1909, Kansas City, Mo., U.S. died Sept. 20, 1973, Amsterdam, Neth. U.S. tenor saxophonist. Influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Johnny Hodges, he played in several important swing bands before joining that of Duke Ellington in 1940. After 1943 he worked mostly as the leader of small ensembles. He moved to Copenhagen, Den., in 1964. His sensual, breathy tone and wide vibrato were his trademarks, and he became one of the master interpreters of jazz ballads
a US politician who was Secretary of State from 1841 to1843 and from 1850 to 1852. He was also an important lawyer in the Supreme Court and was especially famous for his skill at public speaking. He strongly believed that the federal (=national) government was more important than the individual governments in each US state (1782-1852). born Jan. 18, 1782, Salisbury, N.H., U.S. died Oct. 24, 1852, Marshfield, Mass. U.S. lawyer and politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1813-17). After moving to Boston (1816), he built a prosperous law practice and represented Massachusetts in the House (1823-27). He argued several precedent-setting cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the Dartmouth College case, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden. Elected to the U.S. Senate (1827-41, 1845-50), he became famous as an orator for his speeches supporting the Union and opposing the nullification movement and its advocates, John C. Calhoun and Robert Y. Hayne. As U.S. secretary of state (1841-43, 1850-52) he negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty to settle the Canada-Maine border dispute
born 1580, London, Eng. died 1632 British playwright. Little is known of his life, but he may have been an actor who began writing plays later in his career. He collaborated with several leading dramatists, including Thomas Dekker. Webster is best remembered for the revenge tragedies The White Devil (1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (published 1623), both of which concern the murders and bloody deeds that arise out of family quarrels among the Italian nobility. They are often considered the greatest 17th-century English tragedies apart from those of William Shakespeare
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 (1758-1843). born Oct. 16, 1758, West Hartford, Conn., U.S. died May 28, 1843, New Haven, Conn. U.S. lexicographer and writer. He attended Yale University and then studied law. While working as a teacher in New York, he began his lifelong efforts to promote a distinctively American education. His first step was publishing A Grammatical Institute of the English Language, including The American Spelling Book (1783), the famed "Blue-Backed Speller" that went on to sell some 100 million copies. An ardent Federalist, he founded two pro-Federalist newspapers (1793) and wrote articles on politics and many other subjects. He produced his first dictionary in 1806; in 1807 he began work on his landmark American Dictionary of the English Language (1828; 2nd ed. 1840). Reflecting his principle that spelling, grammar, and usage should be based on the living, spoken language, it was instrumental in establishing the dignity and vitality of American English. In 1821 Webster cofounded Amherst College. The rights to the dictionary were purchased from his estate by George and Charles Merriam, whose firm developed the Merriam-Webster dictionary series
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/ˈwebstər/ /ˈwɛbstɜr/
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[ 'web-st&r ] (noun.) 12th century. Middle English, from Old English webbestre female weaver, from webbian to weave; akin to Old English wefan to weave.