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Whorf

  [hwawrf, wawrf]
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–noun
Benjamin Lee, 1897–1941, U.S. linguist.
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Whorf   (wôrf, hwôf)   
American linguist who developed what came to be known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in collaboration with his teacher Edward Sapir.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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