Noah Webster

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United States lexicographer (1758-1843)

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It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.' Zig Ziglar

And those are stupid too, since Noah Webster removed those u's; there is no definitive edition of English. Source: Internet

"A Citizen of America (Noah Webster) October 10, 1787 Pamphlet: An Examination into the leading principles of the Federal Constitution." Source: Internet

Date unknown * Noah Webster publishes his first American English dictionary. Source: Internet

However, Noah Webster popularized more phonetic spellings in the United States; such as flavor for British flavour, fiber for fibre, defense for defence, analyze for analyse, catalog for catalogue and so forth. Source: Internet

Many of the now characteristic AmE spellings were popularized, although often not created, by Noah Webster. Source: Internet

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