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webster
[ web-ster ]
/ ˈwɛb stər /
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noun Archaic.
a weaver.
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Webster
[ web-ster ]
/ ˈwɛb stər /
noun
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Old English webbestre, from webba a weaver, from webb web
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Webster
/ (ˈwɛbstə) /
noun
Daniel. 1782–1852, US politician and orator
John. ?1580–?1625, English dramatist, noted for his revenge tragedies The White Devil (?1612) and The Duchess of Malfi (?1613)
Noah. 1758–1843, US lexicographer, famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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