Baskerville
Americannoun
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John, 1706–75, English typographer and manufacturer of lacquered ware.
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a style of type.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Baskerville
C18: named after John Baskerville (1706–1775), English printer
Example Sentences
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Look around and you’ll start noticing the likes of Baskerville Regular and Editorial New everywhere, from ads for New Balance sneakers to David protein-bar packaging to White House websites.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
“They’re great people,” Baskerville said of Webster and Trujeque.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Following that disastrous season, Jodi Baskerville, who is Black, was promoted to be the franchise’s first Black executive producer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023
Baskerville, a graduate of Princeton University who counted the future president Woodrow Wilson as a mentor, arrived in 1907, joining an American community that had been in place for several generations.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
On this scroll it says that Sir Charles Baskerville had an ancestor called Sir Hugo Baskerville, who was a wild, profane and godless man.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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