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'''Noah Webster''' (1758-1843) is the American lexicographer and textbook author whose name means "dictionary" to Americans. | '''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.
His first dictionary was entitled An American Dictionary of the English Language.
It was Noah Webster who gradually introduced many of the changes between U. S. and British spelling, dropping the u from words like color and honor, changing the -re to -er in words like center and theater, and changing -ce to -se in words like license and defense.