browser

One who or which browses.

Noun

  1. One who or which browses.
    • Giraffe have a long, muscular tongue, which aids in gathering leaves into the mouth; and the dentition is typical of browsers. - 1988, R. Norman Owen-Smith, Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on...

    Coordinate Terms: grazer

    1. A person who examines goods for sale but purchases nothing.

      • While still in the mood for antique bartering, The Emerald City on the South End section of Dartmouth St. has expanded just in time for browsers and buyers. Allow some time here as it's a poke-and-find shop of 1800's...

      Antonyms: nonbrowser

      Coordinate Terms: grazer

  2. Ellipsis of web browser.
    • A program which provides access to the hypertext world we call a browser. - [1990 November 12, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, “WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project”, in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C):
  3. Any other type of information browser.
    • The real strengthof AR browsers is their discoverability. Today, browsers have most of the attention and it's amazing how many people have yet to experience a browser for themselves. Browsers are incredibly useful ways...

Origin

Etymology tree English browse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English browser From browse + -er.

Forms

browsers

Derived

browser cache browser hijacking browserify browserish browserless browser narcotic cross-browser headless browser lockdown browser man-in-the-browser master browser mesobrowser microbrowser minibrowser nonbrowser potential browser web browser