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FREDERICK JAMES FURNIVALL

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Overview

FREDERICK JAMES FURNIVALL (noun)
  The noun FREDERICK JAMES FURNIVALL has 1 sense:

1. English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)play

  Familiarity information: FREDERICK JAMES FURNIVALL used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


FREDERICK JAMES FURNIVALL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Frederick James Furnivall; Furnivall

Instance hypernyms:

philologist; philologue (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)


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