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Definition of: Esperanto
(es′pə·rän′tō) noun
An artificial language designed for universal use, invented by Ludwig Zamenhof, a Russian scholar, and published in 1887. Its vocabulary, as far as was found practicable, consists of words common to every important European language, spelled more or less phonetically, [after Dr. Esperanto (Dr. Hopeful), pen name of inventor]
—Es′pe·ran′tism noun
—Es′pe·ran′tist noun
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