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'''Noah Webster''' (1758-1843) is the American lexicographer and textbook author whose name means "dictionary" to Americans.  
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'''Noah Webster''' (1758-1843) is the American lexicographer and textbook author whose name means "dictionary" to Americans.  He fought in the [[American Revolution]] and later became an attorney, but he decided to teach school in [[New York City]].  Unhappy with children's spelling books, he wrote the
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"Blue-Backed Speller" that sold over one hundred million copies.  
    
His first dictionary was entitled ''An American Dictionary of the English Language.''
 
His first dictionary was entitled ''An American Dictionary of the English Language.''
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