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First Dictionary
The first book generally regarded as the first English dictionary was written by Robert Cawdrey. -
Spanish to English dictionary
In Europe, the first monolingual dictionary was written in Spanish and published in 1611 in Madrid.by Sebastian Covarrubias. This dictionary served as a model for the first English to french dictionaries. -
First revised webster dictionary
In the fall of 1847, the first revised webster's dictionary only for six dollars. -
The first Merriam-Webster Dictionary Corrected and Enlarged
The first Merriam- webster dictionary cost $6. After Webster died in 1843 Charles and George brought the rights to revise the dictionary to be corrected and enlarged. -
Fake words in dictionary
Due to human errors, there were a handful of fake words that appeared in dictionaries. Due to some words are the result of missing hyphens. Others are just typographical errors. -
Longman Dictionary
The Longman dictionary of contemporary English was first published by Longman in 1978. This dictionary is only available in various formats -
Merriam-Webster name
Due to the book sold well the G, & C, Merriam Co. was eventually renamed Merriam-Webster. -
The first online dictionary
Dictionary. com is an online dictionary it was registered on May 14, 1995. It was founded by Brian Kariger and Daniel Fierro which they also started Thesaurus.com.