Webster - Definition and Overview

Webster is the name of some places in the United States of America:

• Webster, Florida
• Webster, Iowa
• Webster, Maine
• Webster, Massachusetts
• Webster, Minnesota
• Webster, New Hampshire
• Webster (village), New York
• Webster (town), New York
• Webster, North Carolina
• Webster, South Dakota
• Webster, Texas
• Webster, West Virginia
• Webster, Wisconsin
  • Webster, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  • Webster, Burnett County, Wisconsin

(There are also Webster City, Iowa, Webster Groves, Missouri, and Webster Springs, West Virginia.)

Webster is the name of some famous people:

• Daniel Webster, American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Massachusetts, and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century
• Noah Webster, American lexicographer
• Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist
• John Webster, the English Renaissance playwright

Webster (referring to Noah Webster) is also (in North America) a common term for a dictionary, the Webster's dictionary, to the point that the Merriam-Webster Company attempted unsuccessfully to defend it as a trademark.

Webster is also a television sitcom: Webster is a small black boy played by actor Emmanuel Lewis.

Webster was also the name of a comic strip in Shiver and Shake.

Webster University is a liberal arts university in Webster Groves, Missouri.

The Webster protocol is a dictionary network protocol, now surpassed by the DICT protocol.