webmaster

noun, often capitalized web·mas·ter \ ˈweb-ˌma-stər \

|Updated on: 27 Jun 2018

Definition of webmaster

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

Recent Examples of webmaster from the Web

This sprawling group of rappers, producers, singers, video directors, designers, and a webmaster have ambitions to be America’s next great boy band—scratch that, the world’s next great boy band.

— leor galil, Chicago Reader, "Sprawling boy band Brockhampton refashion pop music in their own image," 8 Feb. 2018
Contrary to the widespread belief that Unisys wanted to tax GIFs themselves, charging everyday nerds and webmasters a fee to use them, the legal action was focused on software that made GIFs.

— eric limer, Popular Mechanics, "The GIF Is Dead. Long Live the GIF.," 18 Aug. 2016
Addison Agen: Indiana teen steps boldly into post-'Voice' career The 14-member collective is a diverse group of singers, rappers, producers, engineers, designers, a photographer and a webmaster.

— susie schmank, Indianapolis Star, "Brockhampton, an unconventional boy band, brings vibrance to sold-out Indianapolis show," 12 Feb. 2018
Brockhampton What's not to love about a boy band whose 15 members include their webmaster?

— leor galil, Chicago Reader, "Via Rosa of Drama on an Egyptian hit that transcends language barriers," 24 Jan. 2018
First, if the only site that reports that error is Xfinity’s, contact the webmaster and report the error.

— patrick marshall, The Seattle Times, "Script error? Lots of causes, but first try different browser," 8 Sep. 2017
Way back in 1996, webmasters blacked out their sites to protest the Communications Decency Act, which would have restricted online pornography.

— timothy b. lee, Ars Technica, "Tech companies declare war on hate speech—and conservatives are worried," 1 Sep. 2017
Her day job is as a webmaster for a health-care system.

— mike danahey, Elgin Courier-News, "Escape room opens in downtown Elgin," 25 July 2017
For more information, see ramonaswimteam.com or call head coach Jolyn Yanez at 760-550-1108, Red Team coach Stacey Dusseault at 760-420-1796, Blue/Junior Blue Team coach Becky Holden at 619-888-3369, or team webmaster Dan Hammonds at 858-204-3611.

— dan hammonds, Ramona Sentinel, "Swimmers work on technique, turns and speed," 10 July 2017

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'webmaster.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.