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NATHANIEL BAILEY
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• NATHANIEL BAILEY (noun)
The noun NATHANIEL 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: NATHANIEL BAILEY used as a noun is very rare.
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)
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