Webster definition

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A weaver of cloth.
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(obs.) A weaver.
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(informal) Any American dictionary of the English language.
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(person, proper) A masculine name.
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Any of the dictionaries succeeding or adapted from that dictionary first published in the U.S. by Noah Webster in 1828
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(now historical) A weaver (originally, specifically female).
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Webster is a male name, common last name, or a dictionary published in the United States by Noah Webster.

An example of Webster is the last name of the head coach for the New York Giants from 1969 to 1973.

An example of Webster is the author of the American Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1828.

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(person) 1782-1852; U.S. statesman & orator.
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(person) 1758-1843; U.S. lexicographer.
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Any of various dictionaries published under the name Webster.
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(person) 1580?-1625?; Eng. dramatist.
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An English occupational surname for someone who was a weaver.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
webster
Plural:
websters

Origin of webster

  • Middle English from Old English webbestre feminine of webba weaver from webb web webh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English webbestre, feminine form of webba (“weaver"). Compare web, weave, and -ster.

    From Wiktionary

Webster Sentence Examples

  • Webster removed to Boston in June 1816.

  • John Tyler, who succeeded to the presidency, was soon "read out of his party," and all his cabinet except Webster resigned.

  • In 1820 Webster took an important part in the convention called to revise the constitution of Massachusetts, his arguments in favour of removing the religious test, in favour of retaining property representation in the Senate, and in favour of increasing the independence of the judiciary, being especially notable.

  • When, however, the tariff bill of 1828, which was still more protective, came up for discussion, Webster had ceased to oppose protection; but he did not attempt to argue in favour of it.

  • Hayne, from the same state, voiced this doctrine in the Senate, and Webster's reply was his most powerful exposition of the national conception of the Union.

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