INFLUEN'ZA, noun An epidemic catarrh. The influenza of October and November, 1789, and that of April and May, 1790, were very general or universal in the United States, and unusually severe. A like influenza prevailed in the winters of 1825 and 1826.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.