[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dialect \di"alect\, n. f. dialecte, l. dialectus, fr. gr. ?,
   fr. ? to converse, discourse. see dialogue.
   1. means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue;
      form of speech.
      1913 webster

            this book is writ in such a dialect
            as may the minds of listless men affect.
            bunyan.
            the universal dialect of the world.   --south.
      1913 webster

   2. the form of speech of a limited region or people, as
      distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a
      variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized
      by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the
      ionic and attic were dialects of greece; the yorkshire
      dialect; the dialect of the learned.
      1913 webster

            in the midst of this babel of dialects there
            suddenly appeared a standard english language.
                                                  --earle.
      1913 webster

            charles v. could address his subjects from every
            quarter in their native dialect.      --prescott.

   syn: language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. see
        language, and idiom.
        1913 webster
see also:
dialogue language idiom 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dialect
     n : the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific
         group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of
         english"; "he has a strong german accent" syn: idiom,
         accent
see also:
idiom accent 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

74 moby thesaurus words for "dialect":
   acadian, anglo-indian, brooklynese, cajun, canadian french,
   cockney, french canadian, gullah, midland, midland dialect,
   new england dialect, pennsylvania dutch, yankee, yorkshire, accent,
   argot, brogue, bundle of isoglosses, burr, cant, choice of words,
   class dialect, composition, dialect atlas, dialect dictionary,
   dialectal, diction, expression, formulation, grammar, idiom,
   idiomatic, isogloss, jargon, language, langue, lingo, lingua,
   linguistic atlas, linguistic community, linguistic island, local,
   local dialect, localism, locution, parlance, parole, patois,
   patter, personal usage, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, pidgin,
   pronunciation, provincial, provincialism, regional,
   regional accent, regionalism, rhetoric, slang, speech,
   speech community, subdialect, talk, tongue, usage, use of words,
   usus loquendi, verbiage, vernacular, wordage, wording

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The Dialectizer
...The other dialect translators are improved versions of translators ... The original draft of the Jive dialect was written by Daniel V. Klein ... ..
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:23 pm

Dialect Survey Login
...Dialect Survey The Dialect Survey Has Moved After being hosted at ... the Dialect Survey has moved, along with Professor Bert Vaux, to the ... ..
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/, score=99, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 4:11 am

American Dialect Society
...For the past 15 years, the 116-year-old American Dialect Society has ... Founded in 1889, the American Dialect Society is dedicated to the ... ..
http://www.americandialect.org/, score=98, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 1:43 am

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http://hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/maps.php, score=97, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 4:18 am

The American Dialect Homepage
...Welcome to the American Dialect homepage, an effort to bridge the gap ... An extensive list of books is included in the English dialect section ... ..
http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialhome.html, score=97, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:49 am

Dialect Survey Login
...Dialect Survey The Dialect Survey Has Moved After being hosted at ... the Dialect Survey has moved, along with Professor Bert Vaux, to the ... ..
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/index.html, score=96, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 3:40 pm

Digital Dialect
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http://www.digitald.com/, score=95, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 2:52 pm

Yorkshire Dialect Verse
...If you have any original Yorkshire Dialect Verse you would like to ... The vagaries of the Yorkshire Dialect are many and various, but there ... ..
http://www.yorkshire-dialect.org/, score=95, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:32 am

Dialect AB
...Dialect är Sveriges största fackhandelskedja inom data, mobiltelefoni ... ..
http://www.dialect.se/, score=95, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:25 pm

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