Which Was the First American Dictionary?

Discover the story behind the critical milestone in American linguistics. Learn why a distinct dictionary was essential for ...
The Atlantic

The Philosophy Behind the First American Dictionary

In 1789, Noah Webster called on the newly independent United States to claim its own national version of the English language. That is what Noah Webster wrote in 1789 at the age of 31, long before he ...
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Wimmen, meen and greeve: How Noah Webster tried to create a truly American English dictionary

In the United States, the name Noah Webster (1758-1843) is synonymous with the word dictionary. But it is also synonymous with the idea of America, since his first unabridged American Dictionary of ...
The New York Times

Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English

The new lexicon, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as editor in chief, will collect definitions and histories of words. “The bottom line of the African American people,” Gates said, is “these are people who ...