Cawdrey

/ ˈkɔːdrɪ /

noun

1. CawdreyRobert16th century17th centuryMEnglishEDUCATION: schoolmasterLANGUAGE: lexicographer Robert. 16th–17th-century English schoolmaster and lexicographer: compiled the first English dictionary ( A Table Alphabeticall ) in 1604

Example Sentences

The first known dictionary, written in 1604 by Robert Cawdrey, had entries for biliment and perfidious, but not for cat or door.

From Washington Post

Cawdrey thought we needed just the hard words.

From Washington Post

In 1604, a clergyman named Robert Cawdrey attempted a stopgap solution: a slender book entitled A Table Alphabeticall.

From The Guardian

But while the Internet has upended a publishing model that dates to Robert Cawdrey’s 1604 A Table Alphabeticall, it also has strengthened the feeling among lexicographers that the public cares deeply about language—and that there is still a place for the dictionary.

From Slate

The first English alphabetical dictionary was written by English schoolteacher Robert Cawdrey in 1604, when Shakespeare was still writing plays.

From Washington Post