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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[AS.

webbestre

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A weaver; originally, a female weaver.

[Obs.]

Brathwait.

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Webster ‎(plural Websters)

See also: Webster

webster ‎(plural websters)

(now historical) A weaver (originally, specifically female).
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 242:
  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.