Webster's

American  

[web-sterz] / ˈwɛb stərz /

noun

1. Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.

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Example Sentences

If there is to be a stubborn print holdout, it seems right that it is Merriam-Webster, which traces its lineage to Noah Webster’s “American Dictionary of the English Language” from 1828.

From The Wall Street Journal

Increasing the confusion was a 1915 court decision that ruled that the name Webster could not be trademarked, so rivals have included Random House Webster’s Dictionary and Webster’s New World Dictionary.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lolita Chakrabarti’s smart adaptation rode the magic carpet of Max Webster’s staging, which had the most enchanting menagerie of puppets since “The Lion King.”

From Los Angeles Times

A critic faulted Webster’s Third in the 1960s for its “extreme tolerance of crude neologisms.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They saw a fresh opportunity following Webster’s death in 1843: The Merriams bought the rights to Webster’s dictionary, launching a brand that would become synonymous with the preservation and analysis of the English language.

From The Wall Street Journal