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  webster

  noun

  a weaver.
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  Webster

  noun

  Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.

webster

¹ American  

[web-ster] / ˈwɛb stər /

noun

Archaic.

1. a weaver.

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Webster ² American  

[web-ster] / ˈwɛb stər /

noun

1. Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.

2. John, c1580–1625?, English dramatist.

3. Margaret, 1905–72, British stage director, producer, and actress, born in the U.S.

4. Noah, 1758–1843, U.S. lexicographer and essayist.

5. William H(edgcock) born 1924, U.S. judge and government official: director of the FBI 1978–87 and of the CIA 1987–91.

6. a city in central Massachusetts.

7. Informal. Also Webster's. a dictionary of the English language.

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Webster ¹ British  

/ ˈwɛbstə /

noun

1. Daniel. 1782–1852, US politician and orator

2. John. ?1580–?1625, English dramatist, noted for his revenge tragedies The White Devil (?1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (?1613)

3. Noah. 1758–1843, US lexicographer, famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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webster ² British  

/ ˈwɛbstə /

noun

1. an archaic word for weaver

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Etymology

Origin of webster

before 1100; Middle English; Old English webbestre. See web, -ster

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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Men carried the flax wheel on their backs, and their mechanical skill enabled them to construct looms. daniel webster on his farm.

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 by Various

All specific modifications, all determinate movements, all molecular arrangements, all multiplications of bioplastic force, are the work of the one vital webster, or principle of life, within--that which shapes all, directs all, determines all.

From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright

Spinster is the only one of all her various womanly titles that survives; webster, shepster, litster, brewster, and baxter are obsolete.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle

He’d take the long sides of a cloister, trowel on his stuff, and roll out his great all-abroad pictures of saints and croppy-topped trees quick as a webster unrolling cloth almost.

From Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling

The termination -str, as in webster, songster, and baxter, was originally a feminine affix.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

Webster says a key lesson the world could learn from Australia is "don't sit back and wait".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

For Webster, it's about "allowing our mother – the planet Earth – a voice again".

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

However, in the connected care segment, sales growth missed and its diagnosis and treatment unit margin underperformed—-on exclusion of the tariff refund benefit, says Webster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Jordan Webster, 30, from Ely, was sentenced to five years and seven months.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

After he won his freedom, he secured a job in the Pension Office, with the recommendation of Senator Webster.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis