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First edition of ‘Webster’s Dictionary’ published 190 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 14 1828)

April 14, 20181820sadmin

(Monday, April 14, 1828) — Noah Webster, 70, published his American Dictionary of the English Language today in two quarto volumes containing 70,000 entries, as against the 58,000 of any previous dictionary.

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