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Events in the year 1828 in India. Raja Rammoyan Roy founded Brahmo Sabha in 1828; it was later renamed Brahmo samaj. Incumbents The Hon. W. Butterworth Bayley ...
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (abbreviated CALD) is a British dictionary of the English language. It was first published in 1995 under the title Cambridge International Dictionary of English by the Cambridge University Press. The dictionary has over 140,000 words, phrases, and meanings. It is suitable for learners at CEF levels B2 ...
Webster, a television sitcom starring Emmanuel Lewis; Webster Bank, a bank based in Waterbury, Connecticut Webster Bank Arena, a previous name of the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Webster's Brewery, a former brewer in Yorkshire, England; Webster's Dictionary, any of several dictionaries edited by Noah Webster
George Merriam (/ ˈ m ɛr i ə m /; January 20, 1803 – June 22, 1880) was an American publisher.With his brother Charles, he founded G. and C. Merriam, which would eventually become Merriam-Webster, Inc.
The Encarta Webster's Dictionary of the English Language (2004) is the second edition of the Encarta World English Dictionary, published in 1999 (Anne Soukhanov, editor). Slightly larger than a college dictionary, it is similar in appearance and scope to the American Heritage Dictionary, which Soukhanov previously edited. Created using the ...
Webster did so because he knew that in the Christians' Scriptures this expression did not mean "an apparition". In the preface of his Bible, Webster wrote: "Some words have fallen into disuse; and the signification of others, in current popular use, is not the same now as it was when they were introduced into the version.
The Australian National Dictionary: Australian Words and Their Origins is a historical dictionary of Australian English, recording 16,000 words, phrases, and meanings of Australian origin and use. The first edition of the dictionary, edited by W. S. Ramson, was published in 1988 by Oxford University Press ; the second edition was edited by ...
The 1828 United States presidential election was the 11th quadrennial presidential election.It was held from Friday, October 31 to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. It featured a repetition of the 1824 election, as President John Quincy Adams of the National Republican Party faced Andrew Jackson of the Democratic Party.