Citations:word

Noun: "a unit of language with meaning"

 * 1831, Noah Webster, Rudiments of English Grammar; Being an Abridgment of the Improved Grammar of the English Language, New-Haven, p.6:
 * Division of words. Words are primitive or radical, and derivative or compound.
 * Of primitive words. Primitive or radical words are such as cannot be divided, or separated into parts which are significant; as man, hope, bless.
 * 1895, Max Simon Nordau, Degeneration, page 67:
 * A word, whether written or spoken, excites a sense (sight or hearing), and sets up an activity in the brain.
 * A word, whether written or spoken, excites a sense (sight or hearing), and sets up an activity in the brain.

Noun: "discrete, meaningful unit of language which is approved by some authority"

 * 1991, Some Questions about Language: A Theory of Human Discourse ISBN 0812691784:
 * If a physical notation is not be found in the dictionary of any language,  it will not be a word.

Noun: "sequence of letters or characters, or sounds (which does not necessarily have meaning)"

 * 1913, Frederick William Hall, A companion to classical texts, page 155:
 * A meaningless word like tetera for cetera (owing to the similarity of c and t in rustic capitals) is bound to arrest the attention of the reader, however careless he be, and is soon corrected by conjecture or by comparison with other copies.

Noun: "Christ"

 * See Bible, King James, John 1

Interjection: "abbreviation of word up"

 * 2004, Shannon Holmes, Never Go Home Again: A Novel, page 218
 * " Know what I'm sayin'?" / "Word!" the other man strongly agreed. "Let's do this — "
 * 2007, Gabe Rotter, Duck Duck Wally: A Novel, page 105
 * " Not bad at all, man. Worth da wait, dawg. Word." / "You liked it?" I asked dumbly, stoned still, and feeling victorious. / "Yeah, man," said Oral B. "Word up. "
 * 2007, Relentless Aaron The Last Kingpin, page 34
 * " I mean, I don't blame you... Word! "