texter

texter

See also: Texter and texta

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English text
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English texter

    From text + -er.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (General Australian):(file)

    Noun

    texter (plural texters)

    1. One who texts; one who sends text messages.
      • 2021, William Ian Miller, “The Law of Conservation of Good Things”, in Outrageous Fortune: Gloomy Reflections on Luck and Life, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 34:
        Instead, we must find an unworthy substitute for the defeat of a foe in that small grin we quickly suppress when we learn that a beheadphoned texter got hit by a car—no, not seriously injured, just bruised up enough to give him a wake-up call.

    Synonyms

    • (formal): text messager
    • (informal): SMSer

    Translations

    Norman

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English text +‎ -er.

    Verb

    texter

    1. (Jersey) to text

    Swedish

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    texter

    1. indefinite plural of text
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