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• Daniel Webster (noun)
  1. 1782-1817 united States politician and orator
• John Webster (noun)
  1. 1580-1625 english playwright
• Noah Webster (noun)
  1. 1758-1843 united States lexicographer
• Webster, Daniel
  1. (1782-1852) a US politician who was Secretary of State from 1841 to1843 and from 1850 to 1852. He was also an important lawyer in the SUPREME COURT and was especially famous for his skill at public speaking. He strongly believed that the FEDERAL (= national) government was more important than the individual governments in each US state.
• Webster, Noah
  1. (1758-1843) a US lexicographer (= someone who writes dictionaries) who produced his famous American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. His name is used for a series of dictionaries called Webster's dictionaries, which are the best-known English dictionaries produced in the US.
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