- John
Minsheu (or Minshew) (1560–1627) was an
English linguist and lexicographer. He was born and died in London.
Little is
known about his life. He published...
- ammiral. Dutch,
admirael or ammirael. Ital. ammiraglio. Sp. almirante.
Minsheu, in his
Spanish Dictionary, says 'almiralle is a king in the
Arabian language...
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Minsheu, John (1599) Percyvall's (R.)
Dictionarie in
Spanish and
English (as
enlarged by J.
Minsheu) Edm. Bollifant, London,...
- may be from
Gaelic "biodag", the
etymology of
which is not known. John
Minsheu (1671)
suggested that it
might be of
Dutch origin. One
known instance of...
-
sound of Bow Bells, are in
reproach called ****neys." The same year, John
Minsheu included the term in this
newly restricted sense in his
dictionary Ductor...
-
Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of
Ancient Manners, 1807, p. 235-243. John
Minsheu and
William Somner (17th century),
Edward Lye of
Oxford (1694–1767), Johann...
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derives from the
Spanish and
Portuguese casta, which,
according to the John
Minsheu's Spanish dictionary (1569),
means "race, lineage,
tribe or breed". The...
- words,
mestengo (or mesteño) and mostrenco.
English lexicographer John
Minsheu glossed both
words together as 'strayer' in his
dictionary of 1599. Both...
- his
Bibliotheca Hispanica (1591); this work was
later enlarged by John
Minsheu in A
dictionarie in
Spanish and
English (London:
Edmund Bollifant, 1599;...
- English, or
alternatively it may have been
borrowed direct from Latin. John
Minsheu's 1617 lexicon,
Ductor in linguas,
gives a
definition for Bíson (Early Modern...
