PEOPLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The words person and people are not related etymologically Person comes from Latin persona, meaning "actor's mask; character in a play; person," while people comes from Latin populus, meaning "the people "
The Dictionary People - Wikipedia The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary is a 2023 book by Sarah Ogilvie The book examines the volunteer contributors who responded to public appeals by the Oxford English Dictionary for words
The Dictionary People - Penguin Books UK Lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie dives deep into previously untapped archives to tell a people's history of the OED Here, she reveals, for the first time, the full story of the making of one of the most famous books in the world - and celebrates the extraordinary efforts of the Dictionary People
Book Review: ‘The Dictionary People,’ by Sarah Ogilvie Sarah Ogilvie’s sprightly “The Dictionary People” pays tribute to the explorers, suffragists, murderers and ordinary citizens who helped create the Oxford English Dictionary
THE DICTIONARY PEOPLE - Kirkus Reviews Beginning in 1879, these men and women, from all over the world, had responded to a plea by the OED’s editor James Murray to submit words and their context for inclusion in the massive dictionary