Webster
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- proper noun
- /ˈwɛbstər/
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Webster
- Cora, a stranger; Larry, Andy's best friend; Mrs. Webster and Mr. Webster, Andy's parents.
- Mr. Webster
- Mrs. Webster
- Daniel Webster
I've got Danny Price, Tony Webster, very good pastors.
- I've got Danny Price, Tony Webster, very good pastors.
- Please welcome husband and father of three, Curtis Webster.
- And, and Ross Perot was the guy that brought the complaint to the FBI, to Bill Webster.
- Oh, there, Ruby, same name Ruby, but Ruby Webster, she was called, she lived right over that old Hartlepool.
- Officer Andrew Webster, you'll get me a pint of honey and a raw stick of butter and we'll be just fine.
- Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, others worrying out loud.
- And I like to put on Art Tatum and Ben Webster.
- Well, Web, Web web Webster to his friends.
- Who wrote that Miriam or Webster, both of them assholes.
- So did Daniel Webster when they swelled down Brandy when on a cold winter night and said, man, we got, we got, we got to do some things here.
- Webster, Webster Barnaby Yesterday, Barnaby offered a confusing metaphor for what it's like to share a world with trans people.
Examples
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Maybe Mrs. Webster would like to leave?
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I asked Mr. Webster for advice on how to improve my writing.
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Uh, Mr Webster, I hope you are happy with the vehicle...
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I felt like a failure and asked Mr. Webster for advice at the end of the day.
Academic text (2015) -
We'll get a hold of this Ray Webster guy - we'll get his help.
Fiction book (1999) -
Believe me, Mr. Webster, it's perfectly alright.
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I hope you'll excuse me, Mrs. Webster... keeping you waiting.
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Do you think the government should force Mrs. Webster to abide by certain health standards?
Academic text (1992) -
A few hours later, Mrs. Webster hears loud music in Andy's room.
Fiction book (1999) -
My cooperating teachers were Mr. Kramer and Mr. Webster, who were the school's two health and PE teachers.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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Words people use to identify a person, place or thing
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A name people in the same family share, usually after the first name
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The name a person shares with other family members, not the given name
Surface Forms
Etymology
Webster as a family name comes from an old English job name for someone who made cloth; it mixes web (cloth) and -ster (a person), so it originally meant 'weaver'.