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New Modern English Dictionary Promises Authenticity and Detail
A comprehensive reference work based on Noah Webster, edited by Harry Thurston Peck, with contributions from Yale and Penn scholars. It highlights modern pronunciations, full-page illustrations, and a 12,000 synonym and antonym collection by Lillian H. Du Bois, claiming breadth and authority for everyday use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Webster
Harry Thurston Peck
Albert Stanburrough Cook
Yale University
John C. Rolfe
University of Pennsylvania
American Philological Association
Theodore W. Koch
University of Michigan
Charles F. Johnson
Trinity College
Donald J. Clark
DePauw University
John 8. P. Tatlock
J. A. Joffe
A. M
Congressional Library
Washington, D.C
Lillian H. du Bois
Wharton Combined School of
Philadelphia