Websterism

English

Etymology

Webster +‎ -ism

Noun

Websterism (plural Websterisms)

1. (dated) An orthographic convention due to Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.
   • 1860, The North American Review:

     Again, the spelling of such words as "center" and "traveler" is not an Americanism, though to be found in a few American books, but a Websterism […]

   • 1881, Isaac Pitman, Pitman's Journal of Commercial Education:

     […] this improvement will no longer figure as an Americanism or a Websterism.