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web·ster (web′stər)

noun

Obsolete a weaver

Etymology: ME < OE webbestre, fem. of webba, weaver < OE < webb: see web & -ster

Webster1 definition

Web·ster (web′stər)

noun

a masculine name
Webster2 definition

Web·ster (web′stər)

noun

  1. any of the dictionaries following on or adapted from that dictionary first published in the U.S. by Noah Webster in 1828
  2. Informal any American dictionary of the English language
    also Webster's Web′·ster's
Webster3 definition

Web·ster (web′stər)

  1. Webster, Daniel 1782-1852; U.S. statesman & orator
  2. Webster, John 1580?-1625?; Eng. dramatist
  3. Webster, Noah 1758-1843; U.S. lexicographer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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