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SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER CRAIGIE

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SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER CRAIGIE (noun)
  The noun SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER CRAIGIE has 1 sense:

1. English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)play

  Familiarity information: SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER CRAIGIE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER CRAIGIE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Craigie; Sir William Alexander Craigie; William A. Craigie

Instance hypernyms:

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


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