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webmaster

webmaster

15 3.5
A person who looks after a website
  • noun
  • /ˈwɛbˌmæs.tɚ/
  • Texting
translation icon : administrador del sitio web
  • Marvin Jones, newsletter editor and webmaster, says he has reprogrammed the picture gallery on the SCSC website.
  • webmaster and website
  • webmasters of sites
  • link to the webmaster

And then there was one called GFY stood for Go Yourself and it was an adult oriented for adult webmasters and stuff for the Internet.

Examples

  • I worked with university-press copy and production editors, marketing and direct-mail staff, publicists, interns, and Webmasters.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Businesses with affiliate programs offer webmasters a commission on each product sold through their website.

    Blog text (15)

  • How do I get this to the webmaster?

    Southland Tales (2007)

  • My duties later expanded to webmaster of our school website and head of the technology committee.

    Academic text (2015)

  • However, with the options created by the webmaster, most of these problems should have been mitigated.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I'm the webmaster at jillgoddard-caught.com.

    Open Windows (2014)

  • Your IT staff, marketing department, and webmaster are other potential allies in the continuing effort to provide exemplary service.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Each team also nominated a webmaster to oversee the production of the portfolio.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Simply send in your information at least two months before the occasion to: Webmaster, Silom Horwitz, FPSA at: webmaster@psa-photo.org.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The webmaster is responsible for ensuring that the website runs smoothly and is regularly updated.

Synonyms

admin
vswebmaster
  • Jargon
35 3.2

A person who manages an online group or website

is focused specifically on designing developing and maintaining a website
webber
vswebmaster
  • Jargon
6.8

A person who designs and manages sites on the internet

is the standard professional title for those website duties

Surface Forms

webmaster singular
webmasters plural

Morphology

webmaster = web + master (transparent) = web + master

The compound combines the recognizable noun 'web' (website/World Wide Web) and 'master' (person in charge), so the sense 'person responsible for a website' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Webmaster is made from web, meaning the 'network' of pages or a 'spider's web', and master, meaning 'expert' or 'person in charge'. So a webmaster is the person who looks after and keeps a website working.