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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman whose occupation is designing, developing, marketing, or maintaining websites.

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  • noun A female webmaster.

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Examples

  • Victoria recently added 'webmistress' to her CV after starting several successful websites, including the playful www.

    Mind Hacks: May 2005 Archives 2005

  • Victoria recently added 'webmistress' to her CV after starting several successful websites, including the playful www.

    Mind Hacks: Dr. Victoria Zdrok on the psychology of sex 2005

  • I had the bad luck to enter a site the other day where the webmistress won't even say Jared's name.

    Supernatural: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid - Pink Raygun.com 2010

  • In other cases, I need to go through and find new links for old stuff David Drake, for example, recently upgraded his site due to the efforts of his webmistress, so I need to relink stuff.

    Archive 2010-07-01 Fred Kiesche 2010

  • Leaky Cauldron webmistress Melissa Anelli interviewed the author -- and got Rowling to write the intro -- for her upcoming book, due out November 4, called “Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon. â€�

    J.K. Rowling Reveals All In New Book, ‘Harry, A History’ » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • In other cases, I need to go through and find new links for old stuff David Drake, for example, recently upgraded his site due to the efforts of his webmistress, so I need to relink stuff.

    The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2010

  • I've shown it to my friend and loyal webmistress, Laurel, who tells me I look all of 13 in it.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • This is going to sound ridiculous, I know, but I have to wait until my niece my webmistress is out of school for the summer for her to unsuspend it.

    Scans EAGEAGEAG 2009

  • We've got a webmistress in common and I've already told her I want to do something like it.

    Email Ejection 2007

  • I've shown it to my friend and loyal webmistress, Laurel, who tells me I look all of 13 in it.

    Two More Years Until I'm Respectable 2009

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