Guralnik, David B(ernard) (1920– )

US lexicographer. He coedited Webster's New World Dictionary (1953) for the World Publishing Company and thereby established a major new line of college dictionaries in the American market. As editor-in-chief of the Webster's New World Dictionaries (subsequently published by Simon & Schuster), he edited the Second College Edition (1970). For nearly forty years he was one of the leading lexicographers in the USA. He retired at the end of 1985 but remained active as a consultant. Guralnik was born in Cleveland, Ohio.