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Definition: McGuffey

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873).[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "McGuffey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references)

Common Expressions: McGuffey

Expressions Definition
McGuffey Eclectic Readers Readers that combined lessons in reading with moralistic messages. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
McGuffey Readers Two of the best known school books in the history of American education were the 18th century New England Primer and the 19th century McGuffey Readers. Of the two, McGuffey's was the most popular and widely used. It is estimated that at least 120 million copies of McGuffey's Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary. Since 1961 they have continued to sell at a rate of some 30,000 copies a year. No other textbook bearing a single person's name has come close to that mark. McGuffey's Readers are still in use today in some school systems, and by parents for home schooling purposes. (references)
William Holmes McGuffey United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
William Holmes McGuffey William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 - May 4, 1873) was an American professor who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first textbook. (references)

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Extended Definition: McGuffey


McGuffey

McGuffey may refer to

  • William Holmes McGuffey, an American writer
  • The McGuffey Readers, written by William Holmes McGuffey
  • McGuffey, Ohio, a town in the United States
  • McGuffey School District, a school district in Western Pennsylvania, United States

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "McGuffey"



Topics by Level of Interest: McGuffey

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
McGuffey Readers 16     McGuffey 2
William H. McGuffey House (Oxford, Ohio) 9     McGuffey High School 6
William Holmes McGuffey 7     McGuffey Readers 16
McGuffey High School 6     McGuffey School District 3
McGuffey School District 3     William H. McGuffey House (Oxford, Ohio) 9
McGuffey 2     William Holmes McGuffey 7

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonym: McGuffey
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William Holmes Mcguffey.
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