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FURNIVALL
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• FURNIVALL (noun)
The noun FURNIVALL has 1 sense:
1. English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)
Familiarity information: FURNIVALL used as a noun is very rare.
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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