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Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
, is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
company that publishes reference books, especially dictionaries
Dictionary
A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon...
that are descendants of Noah Webster’s
Noah Webster
Noah Webster was an American educator, lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author...
An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
Merriam-Webster Inc. has been a subsidiary of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. since 1964.
In 1806, Noah Webster
Noah Webster
Noah Webster was an American educator, lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author...
published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language.
