browser
browser Lexical Profile
browser Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A software application used to access, retrieve, and view information and websites on the World Wide Web or a local network.
"Please clear your cache and refresh the page in your browser to see the updated layout."
A person who casually looks through goods for sale in a store or examines books in a library without a firm intention to buy or borrow.
"The antique shop owner welcomed casual browsers just as warmly as serious collectors."
A herbivorous animal that feeds mainly on high-growing leaves, soft shoots, twigs, and fruits of shrubs and trees rather than low-growing grasses.
"Unlike zebras, which primarily graze on ground grass, giraffes are specialized browsers that feed in the upper canopy."
• Rhymes for browser
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the verb 'browse' plus the agentive suffix '-er', originally from Middle French 'broster' ('to sprout, bud, or feed on shoots'). The word shifted from describing leaf-eating animals in the 19th century to casual shoppers in the 20th century, and was adopted in computing around 1990 with Tim Berners-Lee's WorldWideWeb software.