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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

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Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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 Madrid-based bank—the biggest in the eurozone by market value—has embarked on a deal-driven reshuffle of its portfolio, buying Webster in the U.S. and TSB in the U.K. while offloading its business in Poland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Craig Webster, of Tiger Sales and Lettings in Blackpool, said that getting an initial price correct when new to the market was crucial.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“You should not feel aggrieved nor should you ever put that in writing,” Todd Webster, another lobbyist Navatek hired, replied.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Paul Webster, a senior fellow at the Cicero Institute and executive director of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

“That sly Detective Webster has befriended Mr. Drysdale,” she said.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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