When did it become a noun?

What is the earliest use of the word “content” as a noun in the sense of “content creator” or “creative content”?

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According to Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, the first documented use of ” content ” as a noun with the sense of “something contained” is in the 15th century.

Answered on March 26, 2021.
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The OED had content as noun as early as the 1500s: 1526

  • Pilgr. Is Perf. (W.I. ). Perf De W. 1531) 6 b, All this worlde with the contentes in the same.
  • 1547 Boorde Brev. Healthy lxxiii. Is Yf a fat lyke to doo lyke as heres were chopped in it.. 18 Is Yf in a urine doo appere a lyke?

Though, your particular sense might be the one first shown in 1901:

  • 1901 Chemist & Druggist LVIII. 18 There is no evidence that altitude affects the esters in lavender oil.

There are also earlier uses, but that can be the best match for you.

  • Is it possible to describe this Bible as the title of the Great Book of the Bible? | The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the content of all the holy Scrypture, both of ye olde and new testament
  • Is there a royal or a royal or a royal from 1594 Plat Jewell-ho? , Diuers chim. Concl.. What are some of the features of Concl.. 28 A glasseof some greater content.
  • Is he a horse? Does the horse exist in “Little or Big” 1660? I have 35 schol. I am a matricula. The area of the rectangle.
  • 1863 Huxley n 16th place Nat. 1863 Huxley n 14th place 1901. 77 The most capacious Gorilla skull yet measured has a content of not more than 3412 cubic inches.

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Answered on March 26, 2021.
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According to Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, the first documented use of ” content ” as a noun with the sense of “something contained” is in the 15th century.

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