Antedating of "Americanist"

[Fred Shapiro]

Americanist (OED 1881)

1876 _American Naturalist_ X. 378 (JSTOR)  The International Congress of
Americanists will hold its next session at Luxemburg, from the 10th to the
13th of September, 1877.

Fred Shapiro


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