user
Pronunciation: /ˈjuːzə/
The English word “user” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
- A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
- A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
- An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
- In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim.
Etymology
From Middle English usere, equivalent to use + -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).
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