"webmaster" meaning in English

See webmaster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛbmæstɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-webmaster.wav Forms: webmasters [plural], Web master [alternative], web master [alternative], Webmaster [alternative]
Etymology: From Web + master. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Web|master}} Web + master Head templates: {{en-noun}} webmaster (plural webmasters)
  1. A person responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining a website or websites. Related terms: webmastery Coordinate_terms: webmistress Translations (the person responsible for maintaining a website): gwiasvester [masculine] (Cornish), webmaster [masculine] (Dutch), retejestro (Esperanto), veebmeister (Estonian), sivustovastaava (Finnish), verkkovastaava (Finnish), webmaster (Finnish), webmestre (French), webmaster (French), maître-pêtre [masculine] (Norman), webmaster [masculine] (Spanish), webbansvarig [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-webmaster-en-noun-fX4Zg6It Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Occupations, World Wide Web Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Occupations: 100 0 Disambiguation of World Wide Web: 100 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɛbmæstɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-webmaster.wav Forms: webmasters [present, singular, third-person], webmastering [participle, present], webmastered [participle, past], webmastered [past], Web master [alternative], web master [alternative], Webmaster [alternative]
Etymology: From Web + master. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Web|master}} Web + master Head templates: {{en-verb}} webmaster (third-person singular simple present webmasters, present participle webmastering, simple past and past participle webmastered)
  1. To design, develop and maintain a website.
    Sense id: en-webmaster-en-verb-3AevLHy6

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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