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Noah Webster and the American Dictionary
By admin · Explore how Noah Webster created a dictionary that separated American English from British English, with new spellings, new words, and a new vision for American education.
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Noah Webster believed a new nation needed its own language, and he spent his life building it: first spelling books, then a great dictionary, and finally an American standard with words like color and honor. This course follows Webster from his speller to the 1828 dictionary and on to the Merriam-Webster company of today, with photos of his books and videos from American history.