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Of, relating to, or characteristic of an American statesman or an American lexicographer.

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  • On the success of Noah Webster's dictionary: "As a result the word Websterian—meaning 'invested with lexical authority'—rapidly entered the language..."
  • Websterian head, though the large, firm mouth and admirably moulded chin rather recalled those of Henry Clay.
  • OED: Websterian (wEb'stI@rI@n), a.1 Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Webster's Dictionary (see prec.) or any of its later versions or abridgements.
  • Websterian sort, massive and logical, but rather of that magnetic kind which wins and sways an audience at will, sometimes to smiles and then to tears, but always with...
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