SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS MURRAY

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Meaning:

Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)

Synonyms:

James Augustus Henry Murray; James Augustus Murray; James Murray; Murray; Sir James Augustus Henry Murray; Sir James Augustus Murray; Sir James Murray

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)

philologist; philologue (a humanist specializing in classical scholarship)

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