"texter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-texter.ogg [Australia] Forms: texters [plural]
Etymology: text + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|text|er}} text + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} texter (plural texters)
  1. One who texts; one who sends text messages. Translations (one who texts): tekstaaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-texter-en-noun-PPS6mQQs Disambiguation of 'one who texts': 95 5
  2. (Australia) A marker; a felt-tip pen. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-texter-en-noun-T5yMP7Jn Disambiguation of People: 27 73 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: text messager [formal], SMSer [informal]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for texter meaning in English (2.5kB)

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