Webster or Webber - a weaver (originally a female weaver); operator of looms in medieval/early modern England

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 (a municipality)
• Webster (town), New York (a township)
• Webster, North Carolina (a census place)
• 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 (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 protocol, a dictionary network protocol, now surpassed by the DICT protocol
• Webster was 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 with satellite campuses worldwide

Webster is the surname 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
• Martell Webster, American professional basketball player
• Nicholas Webster, American 20th Century film and television director. Chiefly remembered for his CBS 20th Century program "The Violent World of Sam Huff" (first use of a wireless mic on TV); ABC Close Up Documentary "Walk in my Shoes," nominated for an EMMY as the best television program of the year, it was the first time the story of American Negroes was told on television in their own words; "Purlie Victorious" (aka "Gone Are the Days,) the film version of Ossie Davis acclaimed stage play, starring Davis, Ruby Dee, and Alan Alda in his first film role); and the feature film "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians," a childrens favorite for more than 40 years and noteworthy to trivia buffs as Pia Zadora's first film (It was originally reviewed as "a childrens film adults won't mind sitting through," though later listed by the notorious Medved Brothers as one of the 50 worst films of all time, ensuring its ongoing cult status); and the ABC special "Johnny Cash and the Story of American Railroads.";