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websters

websters is the plural of webster.

Meaning of webster

Noun

webster (plural websters)

  1. (historical) A 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

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Proper noun capitalized: Websters

Websters

  1. (plural) plural of Webster

Questions about websters

What is websters the plural of?
Websters is the plural of webster.
What part of speech is websters?
Websters is a proper noun.

Words near websters in the dictionary

  1. Websterian
  2. Websterism
  3. Websterisms
  4. websterite
  5. websterites
  6. websters
  7. webstore
  8. webstores
  9. webstream
  10. webstreamed
  11. webstreaming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: websters (page history and authors); Websters (page history and authors); webster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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