Furnivall

[ fur-nuh-vuhl ]

noun

1. Frederick James, 1825–1910, English philologist and editor.

Furnivall

/ ˈfɜːnɪvəl /

noun

1. FurnivallFrederick James18251910MEnglishLANGUAGE: philologist Frederick James . 1825–1910, English philologist: founder of the Early English Text Society and one of the founders of the Oxford English Dictionary

Example Sentences

Frederick Furnivall wanted this dictionary to be a democratic dictionary.

From Salon

He describes a “plural society” existing nearly a century before John Furnivall, a British colonial administrator, came up with the term.

From Economist

Furnivall’s original description of the plural society is very different from the way “pluralism” has come to be understood in the West.

From Economist

The office is still held in modern convents, and Dr Furnivall printed an interesting letter from a Benedictine nun, describing the duties attached to it.

From Project Gutenberg

Dr. Furnivall has pointed out a line of Hoccleve’s which certainly seems to imply that the younger poet was present at his master Chaucer’s death-bed.

From Project Gutenberg