webster

plural websters

1. historicalA weaver (originally, specifically female).

   A Derbyshire webster who proposed to cure a lunatic with a paper charm in the reign of Charles I demanded £3 down, and £3 more when the patient was cured.

   1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 242

plural Websters

1. countableuncountableAn English surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a weaver.
2. countableuncountableAny of various dictionaries published under the name Webster.
3. countablehumorousuncountableNickname for a person who is a walking dictionary.
4. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA locality in the County of Grande Prairie, No. 1, north-west Alberta, Canada.
   2. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of San Diego, California.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Yolo County, California.
   4. countableuncountableA minor city in Sumter County, Florida.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hancock County, Illinois.
   6. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
   7. countableuncountableA minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Madison County, Iowa.
   9. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
   10. countableuncountableFormer name of Sabattus: a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States; renamed in 1971.
   11. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   12. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Rice County, Minnesota.
   13. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dodge County, Nebraska.
   14. countableuncountableA town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
   15. countableuncountableA town and village therein, in Monroe County, New York.
   16. countableuncountableA town in Jackson County, North Carolina.
   17. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
   18. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio.
   19. countableuncountableA ghost town in Putnam County, Ohio.
   20. countableuncountableA small city, the county seat of Day County, South Dakota.
   21. countableuncountableA city in Harris County, Texas.
   22. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia.
   23. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia.
   24. countableuncountableA village in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
   25. countableuncountableA town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
   26. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Webster City.
   27. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Webster County.
   28. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Webster Parish.