webster

[ web-ster ]

nounArchaic.
  1. a weaver.

Origin of webster

1
before 1100; Middle English; Old English webbestre.See web, -ster

Words Nearby webster

Other definitions for Webster (2 of 2)

Webster
[ web-ster ]

noun
  1. Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.

  2. John, c1580–1625?, English dramatist.

  1. Margaret, 1905–72, British stage director, producer, and actress, born in the U.S.

  2. Noah, 1758–1843, U.S. lexicographer and essayist.

  3. William H(edg·cock) [hej-kok], /ˈhɛdʒˌkɒk/, born 1924, U.S. judge and government official: director of the FBI 1978–87 and of the CIA 1987–91.

  4. a city in central Massachusetts.

  5. Also Webster's. Informal. a dictionary of the English language.

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How to use webster in a sentence

  • And so this is why the clever performer cannot reproduce the effect of a speech of Demosthenes or Daniel webster.

    Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge Southwick
  • Mr. webster could not have hit my crotchet more exactly, if he had taken aim at it on purpose.

    Mike Marble | Uncle Frank
  • If any one does not know the difference between create and make, let him turn to his dictionary, and webster will inform him.

    Gospel Philosophy | J. H. Ward
  • He has been all his life an ardent Whig, and Clay and webster were his standards of political orthodoxy.

  • When the edition of those speeches was prepared, a selection from webster's great speeches was contemplated as a companion volume.

British Dictionary definitions for webster (1 of 2)

webster

/ (ˈwɛbstə) /


noun
  1. an archaic word for weaver (def. 1)

Origin of webster

1
Old English webbestre, from webba a weaver, from webb web

British Dictionary definitions for Webster (2 of 2)

Webster

/ (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)

  1. Noah. 1758–1843, US lexicographer, famous for his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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