Craigie


Sir William (Alexander) 1867–1957, Scottish lexicographer and philologist.
Historical Examples

Lola Montez Edmund B. d’Auvergne
The Magnificent Montez Horace Wyndham
Lola Montez Edmund B. d’Auvergne
The Magnificent Montez Horace Wyndham
The American Spirit in Literature, Bliss Perry
The Magnificent Montez Horace Wyndham
Lola Montez Edmund B. d’Auvergne
The Magnificent Montez Horace Wyndham
Lola Montez Edmund B. d’Auvergne
Betty Vivian L. T. Meade

noun
Sir William A(lexander). 1867–1957, Scottish lexicographer; joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1901–33), and of A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles (1938–44)

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