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Webber
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- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a weaver. countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename; A minor city in Jewell County, Kansas, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename; A township in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename; A township in Lake County, Michigan, United States. countable, uncountable
- 1 An animal that creates webs, such as a spider.
"Mites of this sort are prolific webbers […]"
- 2 A person who weaves webs, especially one who manufactures webbing.
"On the other hand, the Wurtemberg calico manufacturers succeeded in doing a profitable business, and a similar good report may be given as respects machine weavers in colours, wick makers, webbers ( i.e., girth makers, &c.) and staymakers, at all events for the latter half of the year."
- 3 One who applies webbing.
"From there the assembled backs and fronts went to the webbers, who put on the webbing."
- 4 Any of various devices that emit string in the production of a web or webbing.
"A knitting machine, provided with two needle beds coacting, each having a combway for the reception of the same set of webbers, the combways of the first bed provided at their bottoms in the base of the bed with slideway seatings […]"
- 5 A creature with webbed feet. informal
"All the Swimmers are webbers."
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- 6 A member of a food web. informal
"Many brown food webbers eat a mixture of foods—including each other!"
- 7 Someone who uses the internet; a visitor of websites. dated
"Similar to ScienceNOW 's readers, The Why Files audience seems to range from technoliterate scientists killing time on the job to first-time webbers."
- 8 One who works on the creation or publishing of websites.
"Perhaps you're still just enjoying exploring, or maybe you've found your own little niche of favorite sites run by like-minded Webbers."
Etymology
From Middle English webbere, webber; equivalent to web + -er.
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