who published the first dictionary?

Answer 1

The Dictionary of Terms, from the early 3rd century BC, was the first Chinese language dictionary.

1st Century BC De Significatu Verborum ("On the meaning of words") was a latin dictionary and was originally compiled by Verrius Flaccus.

The first English Dictionary is Robert Cawdrey's A TABLE ALPHABETICAL published in 1604

Doctor Johnson's dictionary was published in 1755

Answer 2

The western tradition of dictionary-making began with the Greeks when changes in the language made many words in the literature unintelligible to readers. During the Middle Ages, when Latin was the language of learning, dictionaries of Latin words were compiled.

The first dictionary of English appeared in 1604 -- Robert Cawdry's A Table Alphabeticall. This work contained about 3,000 words but was so dependent upon three sources that it can rightly be called a plagiarism. Early dictionaries were generally small and defined "hard" words and were made by men in their leisure time as a hobby. John Kersey the Younger is regarded as the first professional lexicographer whose introductory work, A New English Dictionary, appeared in 1702. Kersey's accomplishments were superseded in the 1720s by Nathan Bailey's innovative work, An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. For the rest of that century, it was actually more popular than Dr. Samuel Johnson's dictionary!

Answer 3

Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, political writer, and editor. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education." His Blue-backed Speller books taught five generations of children in the United States how to spell and read, and in the U.S. his name became synonymous with "dictionary," especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary which was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language.

Answer 4

Samuel Johnson composed the first explanatory dictionary in English (like Oxford English Dictionary), which took him 7 years to complete, and all of his examples were taken out of literature.

Answer 5

A. Ganetz published the first dictionary in 1891.

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Answer 6

It wasn't Gutenburg. Actually a small dictionary was printed a few years before that, something animalia...I can't quite remember. Isnt' well known, but not too difficult to find

Answer 7

oxford english dictionary, put together by some professor who lived in Mill Hill, NW London

Answer 8

I thought it was Samuel Jonson too - but that could be because I watched Blackadder III recently...

Answer 9

Samuel Johnson, if you mean in English. 99.9% of his definitions were plain. His definitions for "net" and "patriotism" are still quoted, in learned circles.

Answer 10

In USA it was Webster.
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