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American politician
Ebenezer Webster (born in Kingston, New Hampshire, April 22, 1739; died in Salisbury (now part of Franklin), New Hampshire, April 22, 1806) was a United
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journalist Ebenezer Washburn (1756–1826), Canadian businessman and politician Ebenezer Webster (1739–1808), Father of Daniel Webster Ebenezer T. Wells (1835–1923)
Ebenezer_(given_name)
American lawyer and statesman (1782–1852)
Eastman) and Ebenezer Webster, a farmer and local official who served in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. Ebenezer's ancestor
Daniel_Webster
Topics referred to by the same term
Charlie Webster (politician) (fl. 1980s–2010s), Maine State Senate Daniel Webster (Florida politician) (born 1949), Florida State Senate Ebenezer Webster (1739–1806)
Senator Webster (disambiguation)
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Fictional character in A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge (/ˌɛ.bɪ.ˈniː.zər ˈskruːdʒ/) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. Initially
Ebenezer_Scrooge
Second wife of US orator Daniel Webster
Caroline LeRoy Webster (September 28, 1797 – February 26, 1882) was the second wife of 19th century statesman Daniel Webster. She was a daughter of Hannah
Caroline_LeRoy
American author, teacher and lecturer
Mary Ann (Webster) Sanborn, daughter of Ezekiel Webster, of Boscawen, New Hampshire. Sanborn was a descendant of Captain Ebenezer Webster, the Revolutionary
Kate_Sanborn
American diplomat and Union Army officer
Daniel Fletcher Webster (July 25, 1813 – August 30, 1862) was an American diplomat and Union Army officer. He was the son of Daniel Webster, the 14th and
Fletcher_Webster
American author
Ebenezer Webster, also of New Hampshire, father of Daniel Webster. She was named for her aunt Grace (Fletcher) Webster, the wife of Daniel Webster. Hinsdale
Grace_Webster_Hinsdale
American banker (1758–1841)
second wife, U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster, the son of Abigail (née Eastman) and Ebenezer Webster, in 1829. Daniel LeRoy (1799–1885), who married
Herman_LeRoy
First wife of Daniel Webster
Grace (Fletcher) Webster (1781–1828) was the first wife of Daniel Webster. She was with him as he started his law career in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
Grace_Fletcher_Webster
Signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
actions just before the Battle of Bennington in 1777. Ebenezer Webster, father of Daniel Webster, was enlisted to investigate the allegation. At his trial
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John McDuffee 53 0.21% Federalist Elisha Payne 51 0.20% Federalist Ebenezer Webster 44 0.17% Unknown John Bellows 41 0.16% Unknown James Flanders 28 0
1792 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
1792_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Hampshire
Place in New Hampshire, United States
composer Daniel Tilton (1763–1830), Mississippi territorial judge Ebenezer Webster (1739–1806), militia colonel during the American Revolution "East Kingston
East_Kingston,_New_Hampshire
American judge (1800–1890)
Nesmith and Webster became very close friends. In 1858, Nesmith wrote a well-received biography of Webster's father, Ebenezer Webster. In 1859 he was
George_Washington_Nesmith
American clergyman and politician (1735–1806)
left an impression on a young Daniel Webster, after a meeting one summer afternoon. Webster's father, Ebenezer Webster told his son that he could have had
Abiel_Foster
1772 event
in Weare, New Hampshire, violating this law. They arrested the leader, Ebenezer Mudgett, and released him on bail. The next day, Mudgett and twenty men
Pine_Tree_Riot
17th- and 18th-century governing board
Austin, Ebenezer Hancock, Joseph Howard, Jonathan Harris, Ebenezer Sever. 1798: Thomas Edwards, William Little, David Tilden, Benjamin Austin, Ebenezer Hancock
Boston_Board_of_Selectmen
Fictional character
Dickens 1843 novel A Christmas Carol. The overworked, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge, Cratchit has come to symbolize the poor working conditions, especially
Bob_Cratchit
American publisher
January 19, 1803, to Dan Merriam and Thirza Clapp. Dan and his brother Ebenezer established a printing and bookselling business in West Brookfield, Massachusetts
George_Merriam
American bookseller
Isaiah Thomas' Almanack and Noah Webster's Grammatical Institutes. Battelle married Anna Durant; children included Ebenezer Battelle (b.1778) and Thomas Battelle
Ebenezer_Battelle
American politician
Ebenezer Sage (August 16, 1755 – January 20, 1834) was a United States representative from New York. Sage was born in that part of the town of Chatham
Ebenezer_Sage
Historic house in New Hampshire, United States
as the summer home of Daniel Webster (1782–1852), who owned it from 1829 until his death. Daniel Webster's father, Ebenezer, bought the property in 1800
Daniel_Webster_Family_Home
American actor (1945–2013)
American stage, screen, and voice actor, best known as Jerry Silver on Webster. He earned his Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University and later
Henry_Polic_II
Candle holder with multiple arms
Ebenezer Lutheran Church". University of North Texas Libraries. Retrieved 30 June 2026. "Candelabra". Merriam-Webster. "candelabrum". Merriam-Webster
Candelabra
American artist (1788–1853)
born in Templeton, Massachusetts, the sixth child and third daughter of Ebenezer Goodridge and his wife Beulah Childs. At an early age, she began drawing
Sarah_Goodridge
American judge (1816–1895)
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (February 21, 1816 – January 31, 1895) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Massachusetts. He served as U.S. Attorney
Ebenezer_R._Hoar
Slang term for fraud or nonsense
spectacle. In modern usage, the word is most associated with the character Ebenezer Scrooge, created by Charles Dickens in his 1843 novella A Christmas Carol
Humbug
God of pre-Islamic Arabia
2025-11-11. Encyclopedia of World Religions. Merriam-Webster. 1999. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-87779-044-0. Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1890). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase
Orotalt
Last of four yugas (ages) in Hindu cosmology
East. Vol. XXV. Oxford University Press. p. 20 (1.67–70). Burgess, Rev. Ebenezer (1935) [1860]. "Ch. 1: Of the Mean Motions of the Planets.". In Gangooly
Kali_Yuga
Domestic worker who usually cleans houses during short visits
fiction. In British literature, Victorian examples includes Mrs. Dilber, Ebenezer Scrooge's charwoman, who appears in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol
Charwoman
Restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts
Thomas published his newspaper, the Massachusetts Spy, on the second floor. Ebenezer Hancock, the first paymaster general of the Continental Army, used it as
Union_Oyster_House
Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. Retrieved 1 November 2013. "Redskin". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871
List_of_ethnic_slurs
Events that occurred before a given time point
that shows the main character, a cold-hearted and tight-fisted man named Ebenezer Scrooge, vignettes from his childhood and early adult life to teach him
Past
Hottest part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere
"blackbirds fatten best in hard weather: why not I in these dog days?" Ebenezer Scrooge is described as "carr[ying] his own low temperature always about
Dog_days
American politician
Ebenezer Mattoon (August 19, 1755 – September 11, 1843) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in North Amherst in the Province
Ebenezer_Mattoon
Twentieth letter in the Greek alphabet
Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers (9th ed.). Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham. The reader's handbook of famous names in fiction, allusions, references
Upsilon
Country in northwestern Europe
oldest of its kind, with the rules of football first drafted in 1863 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley. Each of the Home Nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
United_Kingdom
British actor and narrator (born 1953)
series Murder 24/7. From November 2017 until February 2018, Davis played Ebenezer Scrooge in David Edgar's new adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas
Phil_Davis_(actor)
Formal style of address used for clergy
Addresses". Newadvent.org. Retrieved 2015-12-24. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Religion, page 958. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (2009). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase
List of religious titles and styles
List_of_religious_titles_and_styles
subsequently used as stock characters in other works – for example, the Ebenezer Scrooge character from A Christmas Carol, upon whom the "miser" stereotype
List_of_stock_characters
1838–1839 border dispute between New Brunswick and Maine
diplomat Lord Ashburton and US Secretary of State Daniel Webster settled the dispute. The Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842 established the final boundary
Aroostook_War
Ghost or folkloric being
Press 1979 A Midsummer Night's Dream, page xix by William Shakespeare, Ebenezer Charlton Black "Online Etymology Dictionary". Retrieved 17 December 2014
Bogle
18th century American insurance agent
Cleveland. Stocker had seven children: Ebenezer Stocker (1786–1834), who took over his clothes import company; Maria Webster Stocker (1787–1861), a noted early
John Stocker (insurance agent)
John_Stocker_(insurance_agent)
First of four yugas (ages) in Hindu cosmology
East. Vol. XXV. Oxford University Press. p. 20 (1.67–70). Burgess, Rev. Ebenezer (1935) [1860]. "Ch. 1: Of the Mean Motions of the Planets.". In Gangooly
Satya_Yuga
Vacation after the wedding to celebrate recent marriage
Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2018-06-15. Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (c. 1870). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (4th ed.). p. 413. Archived
Honeymoon
American pioneer, first Governor of Wisconsin
was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, on December 19, 1813, to Ebenezer and Lucy (née Webster) Dewey. His father's family had lived in New England since 1633
Nelson_Dewey
Colonial war between Britain and France (1749–1755)
Vol. I. Halifax: J. Barnes. Sinclair, Doug (2010). "Ebenezer Ellinwood". DougSinclair.com. Webster, John Clarence (1933). The Career of the Abbe Le Loutre
Father_Le_Loutre's_War
Traditional post at UK universities
2012) Joanna Bourke (2012 to present) Caesar Williamson (1660) Thomas Ebenezer Webb (1879 to 1887) Arthur Palmer (1888 – no later than 1897) Robert Yelverton
Public_Orator
Figurative expression
Cambridge University Press. ISBN 3125335973. Retrieved 29 Oct 2015. Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1913). "Spade; To call a spade a spade". Brewer's Dictionary of
Call_a_spade_a_spade
In the series' only Christmas-themed episode; Boss Hogg, who is in an Ebenezer Scrooge-like mood, hires a trio of criminals named Willie (Woody Strode)
List of The Dukes of Hazzard episodes
List_of_The_Dukes_of_Hazzard_episodes
Term for a makeshift repair
required.) Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1881). "Jury Mast". Dictionary of phrase and fable. J.B. Lippincott. p. 468. Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1977). "Jury
Jury_rigging
Second of four yugas (ages) in Hindu cosmology
Merriam-Webster (1999). "Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions". In Doniger, Wendy; Hawley, John Stratton (eds.). Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster
Treta_Yuga
American actor (1931–2006)
Fingers O'Toole 1967: El Dorado as Milt 1967: The Spirit Is Willing as Ebenezer Twitchell 1967: Cool Hand Luke as Boss Shorty 1968: The Private Navy of
Robert_Donner
Cycle of Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali yugas (ages) in Hindu cosmology
18th of February 1612 J.P., or 3102 B.C. Based on this starting point, Ebenezer Burgess calculates the following planetary orbital periods: According to
Yuga_cycle
General dislike of humanity
humanity, leading him to develop a revulsion toward other human beings. Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is an often-cited example
Misanthropy
Mountains in northeastern New York State, U.S.
Deer Hunting Country. In 1838, the mountains were named Adirondacks by Ebenezer Emmons, the State Geologist for the northern New York State Geological
Adirondack_Mountains
American politician (1763–1844)
Ebenezer Seaver (July 5, 1763 – March 1, 1844) was a U.S. representative from Massachusetts. Born in Roxbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Seaver
Ebenezer_Seaver
English actor (born 1961)
Titus Andronicus in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, directed by Max Webster. Beale is a past president of the Anthony Powell Society, a tribute to
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Beadle's handsome boyfriend. Guest cast : Ford Rainey as Dr. Burke 26 3 "Ebenezer Sprague" Victor French Story by : Ray Goldrup Teleplay by : Ray Goldrup
List of Little House on the Prairie episodes
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American actor (1906–1988)
"small screen" was on the DuMont Television Network in 1947, when he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a broadcast presentation of A Christmas Carol. His final role
John_Carradine
Cyclic age of Manu in Hindu cosmology
XXV. Oxford University Press. pp. 20 (1.67), 22 (1.79–80). Burgess, Rev. Ebenezer (1935) [1860]. "Ch. 1: Of the Mean Motions of the Planets.". In Gangooly
Manvantara
Third of four yugas (ages) in Hindu cosmology
Merriam-Webster (1999). "Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions". In Doniger, Wendy; Hawley, John Stratton (eds.). Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster
Dvapara_Yuga
English businessman and father of Benjamin Franklin (1657-1745)
Peter (1692–1766), Mary (1694–1730), James (1697–1735), Sarah (1699–1731), Ebenezer (1701–1702), Thomas (1703–1706), Benjamin (1706–1790), Lydia (1708–1758)
Josiah_Franklin
Book of magic spells, invocations, and talismans
grimoires continued to be produced throughout the 18th century, such as Ebenezer Sibly's A New and Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology
Grimoire
Maid" 17774. "The Music Man" 17840. "When Wilt Thou Save the People" (Ebenezer Elliott) 17913. "The Eight of January" "The Battle of New Orleans" 17930
List of folk songs by Roud number
List_of_folk_songs_by_Roud_number
Boston Brahmin family
(1596–1665) and Richard Thayer (1601–1664). Atherton Thayer (1766–1798), Sheriff Ebenezer Thayer (1746–1809), Sheriff Thomas Thayer (1596–1665), Pilgrim Richard
Thayer_family
French word for toad
Gwenael Louis Garaud Cartoon showing France in the guise of Johnny Crappeau Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (2001). The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Wordsworth
Crapaud
Schoonhoven (1744–1814), merchant, of Half Moon, state senator 1794–1805 Ebenezer Foote, County Clerk of Delaware Co. 1797–1801 Spencer changed sides in
Council_of_Appointment
Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. "a snowball's chance in hell". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871
List of idioms of improbability
List_of_idioms_of_improbability
Leader of the Wampanoag confederacy
of early settlers of Rhode Island "Massasoit". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. Retrieved February 24, 2021. "Massasoit
Massasoit
Harmonic grouping of notes
Through the Twentieth Century. Australia, Cengage, 2015. 46–49. Prout, Ebenezer. Harmony: Its Theory and Practice. United Kingdom, Augener & Company, 1903
Chord_(music)
Magic involving communication with the deceased
ISBN 0-521-81693-9. "Necromancy". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. "necromancy". Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed
Necromancy
2018 international rescue mission in Thailand
Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019. Webster, Nick (5 January 2019). "Thai cave rescue boys to be Asian Cup guests of
Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
American actor (1931–2015)
Television film 1998 Adventures from the Book of Virtues Chauncey Voice, episode: "Trustworthiness" 2001 Scrooge & Marley Ebenezer Scrooge Television film
Dean_Jones_(actor)
Graveyard in Boston, Massachusetts
Brown, 1896. The Clapp Memorial: Record of the Clapp Family in America, Ebenezer Clapp, David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1876 Fletcher, Ron (February 25, 2005)
King's_Chapel_Burying_Ground
Football match
Arthur Pember kicked off for London. After 10 to 15 minutes of play, Ebenezer Morley kicked a goal for London. Under the rules, this meant that the teams
London_v_Sheffield_(1866)
American politician (1804–1863)
Ebenezer C. Allen (April 8, 1804 – 1863) was a Texian and American businessman who served as a secretary of state and attorney general of the Republic
Ebenezer Allen (Texas politician)
Ebenezer_Allen_(Texas_politician)
Set of detailed instructions to assist in workplace safety
"Standard operating procedure." Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standard%20operating%20procedure
Standard_operating_procedure
Austrian esotericist (1861–1925)
47. Akkerman, Abraham (2020). The Urban Archetypes of Jane Jacobs and Ebenezer Howard: Contradiction and Meaning in City Form. University of Toronto Press
Rudolf_Steiner
Barium sulfate mineral
2138/rmg.2000.40.4. ISBN 0-939950-52-9. Dana, James Dwight; Ford, William Ebenezer (1915). Dana's Manual of Mineralogy for the Student of Elementary Mineralogy
Baryte
2024 studio album by Tyla
(tracks 2, 4, 5, 9) Sammy SoSo – engineering, arrangement (tracks 3, 14) Ebenezer Maxwell – engineering (tracks 3, 14) Jeremy Tomlinson – engineering (track
Tyla_(album)
One hundred years, from 3200 BC to 3101 BC
about 427,000 CE, whereupon a new Golden Age will dawn. Burgess, Rev. Ebenezer (1935) [1860]. "Ch. 1: Of the Mean Motions of the Planets.". In Gangooly
32nd_century_BC
1900 poetry anthology
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dora Sigerson Douglas Hyde Earl of Dorset Ebenezer Elliott Ebenezer Jones Eden Phillpotts Edgar Allan Poe Edmund Blunden Edmund Spenser
The Oxford Book of English Verse
The_Oxford_Book_of_English_Verse
New York state legislative session
previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. Ebenezer Russell and Peter Van Ness changed from the Assembly to the Senate. Clerk:
8th New York State Legislature
8th_New_York_State_Legislature
married Julia E. Bard (1858–1910) in Alden, Wisconsin, and moved with her to Webster, Wisconsin "baby boy" Ingalls (b. 1878) - died shortly after birth "baby
List of Little House on the Prairie characters
List_of_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_characters
American businessman (1749–1826)
who married to Rebecca Hodgson Stevens (1780–1815), the daughter of Gen. Ebenezer Stevens. Peter Schermerhorn Jr. (1781–1852), who married Sarah Jones (1782–1845)
Peter_Schermerhorn
Declaration History, pp. 525–26 Hazelton, Declaration History, p. 209 Merriam-Webster online; Dictionary.com. Malone, Story of the Declaration, p. 90 Fradin
Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
Signing_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
President of the United States from 1849 to 1850
by Crittenden and bolstered by a late endorsement from Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. Democrats were even less unified than the Whigs, as former
Zachary_Taylor
to the same starting point and a pause on the commencement otherwise. Ebenezer Burgess postulates an intercalary month was inserted every five years to
Hindu_units_of_time
English actor (1913–1994)
Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. The next year, Cushing starred as an Ebenezer Scrooge-like manager of a bank being robbed in the Hammer thriller film
Peter_Cushing
English colonial Congregationalist clergyman (1596–1669)
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. Clapp, Ebenezer (1859), History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Boston{{citation}}:
Richard_Mather
Chronic disease caused by bacterial infection
Journal of Leprosy. 64 (2): 137–151. PMID 1607712. INIST 4390813. Truman RW, Ebenezer GJ, Pena MT, Sharma R, Balamayooran G, Gillingwater TH, et al. (2014).
Leprosy
Swimsuits based on or influenced by the bikini
291, Simon & Schuster, 2004, ISBN 0-7432-5812-6 John Ayto, Ian Crofton & Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable, page 78, Weidenfeld
Bikini_variants
English writer and novelist (1818–1848)
Wordsworth, Alfred Tennyson, Hartley Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey and Ebenezer Elliott. She then announced to Aylott & Jones that "C, E & A Bell are now
Emily_Brontë
Northern Irish actor (1922–1982)
Peter Hall. In 1970, he played Daniel Webster in Scratch, a Broadway adaptation of The Devil and Daniel Webster by Archibald MacLean. Early film roles
Patrick_Magee_(actor)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
Nursing Home in Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His father was John Ebenezer Brown (1914–1998), a minister of the Church of Scotland and a strong influence
Gordon_Brown
Mnemonic rule of thumb for English spelling
rhyme. A longer form excluding the "long a" sound is found in Rule 37 of Ebenezer Cobham Brewer's 1880 Rules for English Spelling, along with a list of the
I_before_E_except_after_C
City in Palm Beach County, Florida
citation needed] 1915 Telephone installed. Board of Trade organized. 1918 – Ebenezer Baptist Church founded in Pearl City neighborhood. 1923 – Boca Raton Inlet
Boca_Raton,_Florida
American writer, historian and diplomat (1783–1859)
children were William Jr. (1766), Ann (1770), Peter (1771), Catherine (1774), Ebenezer (1776), John Treat (1778), Sarah (1780), and Washington. The Irving family
Washington_Irving
EBENEZER WEBSTER
EBENEZER WEBSTER
Male
English
Pet form of English Ebenezer, EBBIE means "stone of help."
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish
English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish : occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webber, agent derivative of Webb.The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (d. 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, in about 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Rock that helps. Ebeneezer Scrooge was the main character of Charles Dickens' story 'A Christmas...
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English
Weaver
Girl/Female
English American
A. Famous bearer: Ebenezer and Jonathan Elmer were two famous American brothers who played an...
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Rock that helps. Ebeneezer Scrooge was the main character of Charles Dickens' story 'A Christmas...
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Rock that helps. Ebeneezer Scrooge was the main character of Charles Dickens' story 'A Christmas...
Boy/Male
British, English
Extra Ordinary; Not in Competition
Boy/Male
English
One who brews ale. See also Webster.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Rock that helps. Ebeneezer Scrooge was the main character of Charles Dickens' story 'A Christmas...
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Eben-haezer, EBENEZER means "foundation stone, stone of help." In the bible, this is the name of the place where the Israelites were defeated by the Philistines. It is also the name of a memorial stone set up by Samuel after the Israelites got their revenge. Ebenezer was first used as a forename by 17th century Puritans.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Rock or stone of help. Famous bearer: the Old Testament Samuel gave the name Ebenezer to a stone...
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Rock that helps. Ebeneezer Scrooge was the main character of Charles Dickens' story 'A Christmas...
Boy/Male
English American
Weaver: '-ster' ending on English occupational surnames indicates the work was originally a...
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from early Middle English webber, WEBSTER means "weaver."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton’, ‘lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.probably from the Catalan personal name Gai (Latin Gaius), or in some cases a nickname from Catalan gay ‘cheerful’.Variant of German Gau.North German : from a Frisian personal name Gay.A Congregational clergyman and one of the forerunners of the Unitarian movement in New England, Ebenezer Gay (1696–1787) was born in Dedham, MA, which had been founded by his grandfather, John Gay, who came to America from Wiltshire, England, about 1630 and settled in Watertown, MA. Ebenezer’s great-grandson Howard was editor of the American Anti-Slavery Standard.
Boy/Male
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Rock of Help
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n.
One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster.
n.
An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.
n.
A weaver; originally, a female weaver.
n.
A hydrous sulphate of alumina occurring in white reniform masses.