Furnivall

American  

[fur-nuh-vuhl] / ˈfɜr nə vəl /

noun

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

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Furnivall British  

/ ˈfɜːnɪvəl /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

So there are six in total, three belonging to James Murray and then three belonging to his predecessor, Frederick Furnivall.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

Frederick Furnivall wanted this dictionary to be a democratic dictionary.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

That kind of philosophy is really present in one of the founders, Frederick Furnivall, who's quite a hero of the book.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

Yangon’s plural society, which prompted Furnivall to think about all this in the first place, was, after all, a precursor to today’s highly global cities, with all the riches that accrue to them.

From Economist • Jul. 31, 2014

Since writing the above, I hear, on the best authority, that of the late Dr F. J. Furnivall, that Fletcher undoubtedly wrote the lyric: so to him is due the blame of misleading simple composers.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher