Misnomer

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Misnomer
Author: Noah Webster

MISNO’MER,n. In law, the mistaking of the true name of a person; a misnaming. [Misnosmer, as written by Blackstone, must be a corrupt orthography. In no dialect has name, L. nomen, been written with s, unless by mistake.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Misnomer," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UTUFVQ43J7TSQ2E.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Misnomer." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UTUFVQ43J7TSQ2E.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Misnomer' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UTUFVQ43J7TSQ2E.