"nonprogrammer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nonprogrammers [plural], non-programmer [alternative]
Etymology: From non- + programmer. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|programmer|text=+|tree=1}} From non- + programmer., {{ety|en|:af|non-<id:not>|programmer|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English programmer English nonprogrammer From non- + programmer. Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonprogrammer (plural nonprogrammers)
  1. A person who is not a computer programmer. Translations (a person who is not a computer programmer): neprogramátor [masculine] (Czech), non-programmeur [masculine] (French), Nichtprogrammierer [masculine] (German)

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