meg webster

Web·ster

[web-ster]
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(edg·cock) [hej-kok] , born 1924, U.S. judge and government official: director of the FBI since 1978.
6.
a city in central Massachusetts.
7.
Also, Web·ster's. Informal. a dictionary of the English language.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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webster (ˈwɛbstə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an archaic word for weaver
 
[Old English webbestre, from webba a weaver, from webbweb]

Webster (ˈwɛbstə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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
"a weaver," O.E. webbestre "a female weaver," from web (q.v.) + fem. suffix -ster. Noah Webster's dictionary first published 1828.
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