webmaster

noun

web·​mas·​ter ˈweb-ˌma-stər 

often capitalized

: a person responsible for the creation or maintenance of a website especially for a company or organization

Examples of webmaster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When Apple debuted a new AI agent this summer, for example, a slew of top news outlets swiftly opted out of Apple’s web scraping using the Robots Exclusion Protocol, or robots.txt, the file that allows webmasters to control bots. —Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024

Today's web platforms are far more user-friendly than in the early days of the web when changes had to be made through a webmaster who held the exclusive keys to the code. —Josh Koenig, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

When the couple met in 2000, Leigh was the Backstreet Boys’ webmaster, having previously worked as a TV and film executive and as a real estate broker. —John Russell, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024

When its webmasters went to Google for hosting, they were also turned down. —Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for webmaster

• bandmaster
• broadcaster
• cadastre
• disaster
• forecaster
• headmaster
• newscaster
• paymaster
• pilaster
• postmaster
• roadmaster
• schoolmaster

Kids Definition

webmaster

noun

web·​mas·​ter -ˌmas-tər 

: a person responsible for the creation or maintenance of a website especially for a company or organization