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Right in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels right as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun

Right

[AS. right. See Right, a.]

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Headwordright

Part of speechnoun

Historical etymology[AS. right. See Right, a.]

Selected historical definitionThat which is right or correct.

Signed record IDwebster1913-right-noun-450e0307322c

Source locatorCIDE.R, paragraph 8445; Gutenberg eBook 667

Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus

Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 667 Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive

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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "right" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[AS. right. See Right, a.]" The selected historical definition says: "That which is right or correct."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-09-05

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