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Chris Mayland: Vice President, Consumer MarketsPast Role: Encyclopaedia Britannica, VP, Consumer Markets
Charles Merriam: Founder
Merriam-Webster is an American company that publishes reference books and offers language information solutions.
The company also provides dictionary API that gives developers access to a comprehensive resource of dictionary and thesaurus content as well as specialized medical, Spanish, ESL, and student-friendly vocabulary. In addition, it
offers APIs for commercial and non-commercial uses such as dictionary with audio, thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary with audio, medical dictionary with audio, learner's dictionary with audio, elementary dictionary with audio, intermediate dictionary with audio, and school dictionary with audio. Further, Merriam-Webster provides books, apps, hand-held dictionaries, and PC and Mac references.
Its websites offer guidance to more than 40 million visitors every month. In print, its publications include Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and newly published dictionaries for English-language learners.
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated was formerly known as G. & C. Merriam Co. and changed its name to Merriam-Webster, Incorporated in 1982. It operates as a subsidiary of Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Merriam-Webster was founded in 1831 and is based in Springfield, Massachusetts.
