Websterism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Webster +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Websterism (plural Websterisms)

  1. (dated) An orthographic convention due to Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.
    • 1860, The North American Review:
      Again, the spelling of such words as "center" and "traveler" is not an Americanism, though to be found in a few American books, but a Websterism […]
    • 1881, Isaac Pitman, Pitman's Journal of Commercial Education:
      […] this improvement will no longer figure as an Americanism or a Websterism.
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