"committer" meaning in English

See committer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: committers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin committōbor. Middle English committen English commit 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 committer From commit + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|commit<id:dedicate>|-er<id:agent noun>|id=one who commits|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin committōbor. Middle English committen English commit 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 committer [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "committō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "committen", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "commit", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āzijos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "committer", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="one who commits" data-lang="en" data-title="committer" id="English:_one_who_commits"> From commit + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} committer (plural committers)
  1. (computing) A person who is authorized to make changes to source code or other material in a repository.
    Sense id: en-committer-en-noun-wyJug1Yh Categories (other): Computing, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 50 29 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 50 29 21 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 39 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 42 51 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 27 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 43 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 70 17 12 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (obsolete) A fornicator. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-committer-en-noun-xuY~6IaA Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), People Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 42 51 7 Disambiguation of People: 25 48 27
  3. (obsolete) A person who commits a crime; perpetrator. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-committer-en-noun-k5MLgyR8

Inflected forms

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