Century Dictionary

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

First alphabetical page of the 1911 edition
Edited by	William Dwight Whitney Benjamin Eli Smith
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	The Century Company
Published	1889–1891 (first edition, volumes 1–6) 1895 (volumes 1–10) 1906 (volumes 1–12)
No. of books	12
Followed by	The New Century Dictionary

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia is one of the largest encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language. In its day it was compared favorably with the Oxford English Dictionary, and frequently consulted for more factual information than would normally be the case for a dictionary.