About the Author

For over 180 years, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading provider of language information. Each month, our award-winning websites, apps, and social media channels offer guidance to tens of millions of visitors. All Merriam-Webster products and services are backed by the largest team of professional dictionary editors and writers in America. Philip Babcock Gove (1902-1972) was an American lexicographer who was editor-in-chief of the Webster's Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961.