Dictionary : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dictionary	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dictionary n a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them Synonym(s): dictionary, lexicon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dictionary \Dic"tionary\, n.; pl. {Dictionaries}. [Cf. F. dictionnaire. See {Diction}.] 1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook. I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. --Johnson. 2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.