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Culture
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A late-19th century print that called Noah Webster the "Schoolmaster of the Republic."
Culture
Four things you never knew about Noah Webster, the ‘forgotten man’ of American history
A copy of the Merriam-Webster English dictionary.
Books
What happens when the dictionary is just a website? We’ll soon find out
A dictionary on display in the Bates Reading Room at the main branch of the Boston Public Library.
Books
What’s your choice for Word of the Year?
Ben and Jerry's ice cream in Israel is labeled "glida," the Aramaic word for frost. In modern Hebrew, it means ice cream.
Arts, Culture & Media
A history of Hebrew, told one word at a time
Environment
Working on the future
New Initiative Preserves Rare and Endangered Languages
Arts, Culture & Media
The new Oxford English Dictionary