The ''Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum'' is a dictionary compiled by

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined ...

John Kersey John Kersey the younger ( fl. 1720) was an English philologist and lexicographer of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He is notable for editing three dictionaries in his lifetime: ''A New English Dictionary'' (1702), a revised ...

, which was first published in London in 1708. It was the third dictionary he had edited, after his 1702 ''

A New English Dictionary ''A New English Dictionary: or, a complete collection of the most proper and significant words, commonly used in the language'' was an English dictionary compiled by philologist John Kersey and first published in London in 1702. Unlike previous d ...

'' and his 1706 revision of

Edward Phillips Edward Phillips (August 1630 – c. 1696) was an English author. Life He was the son of Edward Phillips of the crown office in chancery, and his wife Anne, only sister of John Milton, the poet. Edward Phillips the younger was born in Strand, L ...

' 1658 dictionary ''

The New World of English Words ''The New World of English Words, or, a General Dictionary'' is a dictionary compiled by Edward Phillips and first published in London in 1658. It was the first folio English dictionary. Contents As well as containing common words, the dictiona ...

''. The ''Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum'' is essentially an abridged version of this latter dictionary.

References

* Hüllen, Werner, ''A History of Roget's Thesaurus: Origins, Development and Design'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005). . pp. 159–169.

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