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The first, incomplete Navajo-English Dictionary was compiled, in 1958, by Leon Wall, an official in the U.S. government’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. Wall, who was in charge of a literacy program on the ...

An excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the academic elite to create a foundation for our vocabulary. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...

His publication of a dictionary in 1755 earned him a degree from Oxford (Picture: CORBIS/ Getty) Samuel Johnson, the man who wrote the first comprehensive English dictionary, is honoured by today’s ...

The first major English - Irish dictionary in 60 years was launched on October 30, 2020 by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins. The new dictionary, produced by Irish language body Foras na Gaeilge ...