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Dictionary developed by Noah Webster and other dictionaries using his name

"Webster's" redirects here. For other uses, see Webster (disambiguation).

Webster's Dictionary is any of the US English language dictionaries edited in the early 19th century by Noah Webster (1758–1843), a US lexicographer, as well as numerous related or unrelated dictionaries that have adopted the Webster's name in his honor.

"Webster's" has since become a genericized trademark in the United States for US English dictionaries, and is widely used in dictionary titles.^[1]

Merriam-Webster is the corporate heir to Noah Webster's original works, which are in the public domain.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language

Noah Webster (1758–1843), the author of the readers and spelling books which dominated the American market at the time, spent decades of research in compiling his dictionaries.

His first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the E