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Origin
Named for Hans Lipperhey, whose name has been spelled with an excrescent s in English texts since the 1800s.
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Lippershey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lippershey
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