caxton

Noun
US[kak-stuhn]/ˈkækstən/2 syllables
Synonyms: William Caxton

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Noun (1)

  1. English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)Synonyms: William CaxtonInstance of printer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cax′ton noun

Bibliog. Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Luke Hansard

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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