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HENRY WATSON FOWLER
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• HENRY WATSON FOWLER (noun)
The noun HENRY WATSON FOWLER has 1 sense:
1. English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)
Familiarity information: HENRY WATSON FOWLER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Fowler; Henry Watson Fowler
Instance hypernyms:
lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)
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