Abstract: This invention relates to a dispenser for dispensing a flexible web from a roll of web material such as plastic, paper or the like. The dispenser has a feeder mechanism which engages a portion of the unwinding web and moves longitudinally through the bite of a cutter mechanism so as to provide a manually engageable portion of web downstream from the cutter mechanism. The mechanism has the advantage that it enables the web to be dispensed without the operator being required to reach through the bite of the cutter mechanism. The dispenser includes a housing having an unwinding support for supporting a roll of web material in a position to permit unwinding thereof. A cutter mechanism is mounted on the housing and is spaced outwardly from the unwinding support. A web feeder mechanism is carried by the housing and is adapted to reciprocate in the longitudinal direction of the path in which the web is to be fed.