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ACollins's dictionary
BJohnson's dictionary
CWebster's dictionary
DChambers's dictionary
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Johnson's dictionary
Johnson's 1755 dictionary used -our even for words like governour and errour that later lost the u.
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