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COBOLer

COBOLer noun: a programmer who uses COBOL.

Noun

COBOLer (plural COBOLers)

  1. A programmer who uses COBOL.
    • COBOL software appears to be slightly outliving COBOL programmers. Thus, the need for COBOLers is likely to stay reasonable in the near term.2002 December 17, Topmind, “The problem COBOL programmers have moving to objects”, in comp.object (Usenet), retrieved 23 Dec 2022

Forms of COBOLer

pluralCOBOLers

Origin of COBOLer

From COBOL + -er.

Questions about COBOLer

What does COBOLer mean?
COBOLer means a programmer who uses COBOL.
What part of speech is COBOLer?
COBOLer is a noun.
What is the plural of COBOLer?
The plural of COBOLer is COBOLers.

Words near COBOLer in the dictionary

  1. coboarded
  2. coboarding
  3. COBOL
  4. cobold
  5. cobolds
  6. COBOLer
  7. COBOLers
  8. cobombardment
  9. cobombardments
  10. coboose
  11. cobooses

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