webmistressn.
/ˈwɛbˌmɪstrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɛbˌmɪstrəs/ A female administrator or developer of a website.
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1994 What's New in sci.research (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Mar. If you have questions, send e-mail to webmistress@aps.org.
1995 Computer Weekly 27 July 35/5 In the hands of a Webmaster (or Webmistress) it can result in pages that combine impact and clarity.
2004 Q Sept. 20/4 ‘She abandoned the site and left us with the $5000 bill,’ says webmistress.
2008 Searcher May 8/1 It was time for this ersatz webmistress to update the ‘cyberface’ of the library to match our new luxurious digs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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