Associations to the word «Webster»

Wiktionary

WEBSTER, proper noun. An English occupational surname​ for someone who was a weaver.
WEBSTER, proper noun. Any of various dictionaries published under the name Webster.
WEBSTER, noun. (now historical) A weaver (originally, specifically female).

Dictionary definition

WEBSTER, noun. English playwright (1580-1625).
WEBSTER, noun. United States politician and orator (1782-1817).
WEBSTER, noun. United States lexicographer (1758-1843).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats