Worde

[wawrd]

noun

1. Wynkyn de Jan Van Wynkyn, died 1534 or 35, English printer.

Example Sentences

In the fall, Worde Horde will release a new collection by the prolific writer Orrin Grey titled “How to See Ghosts & Other Figments.”

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His Discworld novel The Truth is a blistering satire on the press, as William de Worde launches Ankh-Morpork’s first daily newspaper.

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“And the rumour came to the ears of William de Worde, and in a sense it stopped there, because he dutifully wrote it down.”

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The first printed collection of Christmas carols was published in 1521 by William Caxton’s appropriately named apprentice and successor, Wynkyn de Worde.

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The thoroughfare became synonymous with publishing from 1500 when Wynkyn de Worde established a printing press.

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