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Dialect

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

(2):

(n.) The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dialect'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dialect.html. 1828.