New English
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of New English
An Americanism dating back to 1625–35
Example Sentences
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The book banned then was New English Canaan.
From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025
According to Harvard University’s Gutman Library, the government of Quincy, Massachusetts in 1637 banned Thomas Morton’s “The New English Canaan” for apostasy in criticizing Puritan customs and exercise of power.
From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2023
Adventurous 18th-century Brits sipped a sophisticated mint julep found in the 1753 edition of William Lewis' New English Dispensatory.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2022
New English voices are also being launched in India and the UK.
From The Verge • Sep. 18, 2019
He was the honorary secretary of the Philological Society, and was one of the original promoters of the Oxford New English Dictionary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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