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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

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Illustrations: daniel webster on his farm. birth-place of daniel webster.

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

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 Kipling, Rudyard

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

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

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 Earle, Alice Morse

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

Graham Webster, a research scholar at Stanford University, said China’s new AI governance body was more rhetorical than substantive so far.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Governing AI risks globally “is by definition going to need the U.S. and China both involved,” said Webster, who focuses on Chinese tech policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

On the terrace overlooking the pitches, club secretary Mark Webster takes great pride in what has been achieved with scant funding.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Webster, the Johns Hopkins researcher, said numbers leave little doubt as to the shift away from general anti-trafficking enforcement.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

He has blond hair, green eyes, and is wearing a Webster Middle School Track T-shirt.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks