william caxton

1. 1.

   English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)

   SynonymsCaxton

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Questions about william caxton

What does william caxton mean?

william caxton means "English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)".

What is another word for william caxton?

Close synonyms include Caxton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is william caxton a common word?

william caxton is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.