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New English definition

New English

the English language since about 1750

Etymology: term popularized by Henry Sweet after Ger neuhochdeutsch, New High German

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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