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About Merriam-Webster

For more than 150 years, in print and now in digital media, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading and most trusted provider of language information. Each month, our Websites and apps offer guidance to tens of millions of visitors. In print, our publications include dictionaries for all ages, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary (among the best-selling books in American history), and newly published dictionaries for English language learners.

All Merriam-Webster products and services are backed by the largest team of professional dictionary editors and writers in America, and one of the largest in the world. Headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts, Merriam-Webster Inc. acquired the rights to revise and publish Noah Webster's dictionaries after the great American lexicographer's death in 1843. Other publishers use the name "Webster's," but only the name "Merriam-Webster" carries the quality and authority of a company backed by more than 180 years of accumulated knowledge and expertise.