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filers

filers is the plural of filer.

Meaning of filer

Noun

filer (plural filers)

  1. One who files something.
    • Hitherto I have hoarded up mementoes and monuments of the past; been a worshiper of all heirlooms; a fond filer away of letters, locks of hair, bits of ribbon, flowers, […]1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
  2. A software program for managing files.
    • The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.1983 February 28, InfoWorld, volume 5, number 9, page 28

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Questions about filers

What is filers the plural of?
Filers is the plural of filer.

Words near filers in the dictionary

  1. filenames
  2. filensin
  3. filepath
  4. filepaths
  5. filer
  6. filers
  7. files
  8. files away
  9. files down
  10. files in
  11. files off

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