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James Who Edited The Oed

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noun

• British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)

• Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)

• a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide

35%14 Led the team of editors to compile the OED
noun

• Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)

27%8 Part of OED finished and justified
verb

• argue or speak in defense of

• be on the defensive; act against an attack

• protect against a challenge or attack

• fight against or resist strongly

• protect or fight for as a champion

• be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

• state or assert

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