Websterian
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
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pertaining to or characteristic of Noah Webster or his dictionary.
Etymology
Origin of Websterian
Example Sentences
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Ratcliffe is "a great ponderous man, over six feet high, very . . . dignified," with "rather good features" and a bald Websterian head.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Websterian ideal of language as a careful garden of hardy perennials and occasional exotics, cultivated by a corps of devoted lexicographers, is consistently challenged by a weedy invasion of the vulgate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Pomerene, a solemn, bookish man with a Websterian manner, whose hobby is growing early table corn, is not a banker.
From Time Magazine Archive
They looked as though they had been forgotten until the last moment, as though the designer had then hastily poked holes beneath the Websterian brows to insert two brilliant green beads.
From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker
He had a highly attractive appearance, and as was said by a contemporary, "to crown all, a massive Websterian forehead, needing no seal to give the world assurance of a man."
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
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