A New English Dictionary

A New English Dictionary: or, a complete collection of the most proper and significant words, commonly used in the language was an English dictionary compiled by philologist John [Kersey the younger|John Kersey] and first published in London in 1702.

Differences from previous dictionaries

Unlike previous dictionaries, which had focused on documenting difficult words, A New English Dictionary was one of the first to focus on words in common usage. It was also the first to be written by a professional lexicographer.

Kersey's subsequent works

Kersey later continued his lexicographic career by enlarging Edward Phillips' The New World of [English Words] in 1706 and editing the Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum in 1708.

Similarly-titled work

The original title of the Oxford English Dictionary was A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, and it was sometimes given the abbreviation NED, for New English Dictionary.