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HENRY WATSON FOWLER

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HENRY WATSON FOWLER (noun)
  The noun HENRY WATSON FOWLER has 1 sense:

1. English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)play

  Familiarity information: HENRY WATSON FOWLER used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HENRY WATSON FOWLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Fowler; Henry Watson Fowler

Instance hypernyms:

lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)


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