Worcester, J.

Japanese: ウースター,J. - うーすたー
Worcester, J.

…It was the forerunner of English dictionaries in America, containing about 70,000 words, words, meanings and usages unique to America, citing many examples from American works, and adopting a rational spelling system. Webster's dictionary was followed by three English dictionaries by Joseph Worcester (1784-1865) (1830, 46, 60). A so-called "dictionary war" then broke out between Webster's Dictionary, which had a progressive tendency, and Worcester's Dictionary, which took a conservative, flexible and moderate stance, but in the end Webster's revised version won. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Worcester, J." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…収録語数約7万,アメリカ特有の語や語義・用法を収め,用例もアメリカ人の著作から多数引用し,合理的な綴字法を採用するなど,アメリカにおける英語辞典の先駆となった。ウェブスターに続き,ウースターJoseph Worcester(1784‐1865)による3種の英語辞典が現れた(1830,46,60)。そして革新的な傾向をもつウェブスター辞典と保守的で柔軟・穏健な立場をとるウースター辞典との間にいわゆる〈辞書戦争〉が起こったが,結局ウェブスター辞典の改訂版が勝利を収めた。…

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