Webster
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Webster or Webber, a weaver (originally a female weaver); operator of looms in medieval/early modern England.
Webster (referring to Noah Webster) is also (in North America) a common term for a dictionary — the Webster's Dictionary — to the point that the Merriam-Webster Company attempted unsuccessfully to defend it as a trademark.
- Webster (comics) was also the name of a comic strip in Shiver and Shake
- Webster (sitcom), a television sitcom — Webster is a small black boy played by actor Emmanuel Lewis
- Webster protocol, a dictionary network protocol, now surpassed by the DICT protocol
People
Webster is the surname of some famous people:- Ben Webster, American jazz musician
- Daniel Webster, American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Massachusetts, and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century
- Noah Webster, American lexicographer
- Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist
- Jean Webster, American writer
- John Webster, English Renaissance playwright
- John Clarence Webster, Canadian physician and historian
- Martell Webster, American professional basketball player
- Nicholas Webster, American 20th Century film and television director
- Robert Webster, Australian and American virologist
Places
- Webster, Florida
- Webster, Iowa
- Webster Parish, Louisiana
- Webster, Maine
- Webster, Massachusetts
- Webster, Minnesota
- Webster, New Hampshire
- Webster (village), New York, a municipality
- Webster (town), New York, a township
- Webster, North Carolina, a census place
- Webster, South Dakota
- Webster, Texas
- Webster, West Virginia
- Webster, Wisconsin:
- *Webster, Vernon County, Wisconsin
- *Webster, Burnett County, Wisconsin
- Webster City, Iowa
- Webster Groves, Missouri
- *Webster University, a liberal arts university with satellite campuses worldwide
- Webster Springs, West Virginia
See also
- Webber
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