1. English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742); [syn: Bailey, Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Nathaniel Bailey
n 1: English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology
consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel
Johnson (died in 1742) [syn: Bailey, Nathan Bailey,
Nathaniel Bailey]