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Robert K. Barnhart
(1933 ? April 2007) was an American
lexicographer
and editor of various specialized
dictionaries
. He was co-editor, with his father
Clarence Barnhart
, on some editions of the
Thorndike-Barnhart
dictionaries and
The
World Book Dictionary
.
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With his father and
Sol Steinmetz
, he edited the three volumes of
The Barnhart Dictionary of New English
(1973, 1980, 1990).
He also edited
The Hammond Barnhart Dictionary of Science
(1986), also published as
The American Heritage Dictionary of Science
(1988). Perhaps his major work is
The
Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology
(1988), which is marketed under the title
Chambers Dictionary of Etymology
in the United Kingdom. It is one of the most comprehensive volumes of its kind. He edited an abridgement,
The Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology
(1995). His
Barnhart Abbreviations Dictionary
(1995) includes a reverse list of what the abbreviations stand for.
Robert's brother
David K. Barnhart
is also a lexicographer.
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