Webb
[web]
Definition
(noun.) English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947).
(noun.) English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
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Examples
- With this vessel and the ram Webb, which they had had for some time in the Red River, and two other steamers, they followed the Indianola. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sidney Webb, in the customary Fabian fashion, had dismissed the General Strike as a sign of socialist immaturity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The well-known Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission bears the Webb signature most conspicuously. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- George Webb, who had found a female friend that lent him wherewith to purchase his time of Keimer, now came to offer himself as a journeyman to us. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Hugh Meredith, Stephen Potts, and George Webb, I have characterized before. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Their appetite for the concrete was enormous; their knowledge of facts overpowering, as the tomes produced by Mr. and Mrs. Webb can testify. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Back in the '80's he was working with the Webbs, Bernard Shaw, Sidney Olivier, Annie Besant and others in socialist propaganda. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Miss Webbs all play, and their father has not so good an income as yours. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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