Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary

Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary, the Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary offers all the authority of Oxford''s flagship Canadian dictionary in a handy and affordable format. With 200,000 words, phrases, and definitions, it features over 1,800 uniquely Canadian words and senses. Definitions, worded for ease of comprehension, are presented so the meaning most familiar to Canadians appears first. Each of these entries is exceptionally reliable, the result of thorough research into the language and Oxford''s unparalleled language resources. Designed to fulfill users'' everyday reference needs, the Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary offers Canadians the essential vocabulary for everyday use.

Alex Bisset was a lexicographer with Oxford University Press Canada from 1992 to 2002. He is the editor of the Compact Canadian Oxford Dictionary and co-editor of My First Canadian Oxford Dictionary and My First Canadian Oxford Thesaurus.