NATHAN BAILEY

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• NATHAN BAILEY (noun)
  The noun NATHAN BAILEY has 1 sense:

1. English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)

  Familiarity information: NATHAN BAILEY used as a noun is very rare.

• NATHAN BAILEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bailey; Nathan Bailey; Nathaniel Bailey

Instance hypernyms:

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