"oper" meaning in English

See oper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: opers [plural]
Etymology: Short for operator. Head templates: {{en-noun}} oper (plural opers)
  1. (Internet) A network operator on IRC. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: IRCop Related terms: chanop, op, deop, reop
    Sense id: en-oper-en-noun-244xhWB- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 3 86 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 88 4 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Short for operator.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 86 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 88 4 2",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Howard Rheingold, The virtual community: homesteading on the electronic frontier, number 28, page 187:",
          "text": "Chanops can kick people off a channel; opers can ban people logging in from specific Internet sites from participating in IRC.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A network operator on IRC."
      ],
      "id": "en-oper-en-noun-244xhWB-",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "network",
          "network"
        ],
        [
          "operator",
          "operator"
        ],
        [
          "IRC",
          "IRC"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) A network operator on IRC."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "chanop"
        },
        {
          "word": "op"
        },
        {
          "word": "deop"
        },
        {
          "word": "reop"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "IRCop"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oper"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Short for operator.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "opers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "op"
    },
    {
      "word": "deop"
    },
    {
      "word": "reop"
    }
  ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Internet"
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Howard Rheingold, The virtual community: homesteading on the electronic frontier, number 28, page 187:",
          "text": "Chanops can kick people off a channel; opers can ban people logging in from specific Internet sites from participating in IRC.",
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        }
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        "A network operator on IRC."
      ],
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          "Internet",
          "Internet"
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        [
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          "network"
        ],
        [
          "operator",
          "operator"
        ],
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          "IRC",
          "IRC"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Internet) A network operator on IRC."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "IRCop"
    }
  ],
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}

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