Last name: WEBSTER
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WEBSTER : This last name is indexed 708,039 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WEBSTER : English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb Webber and Weaver.
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