netters

Noun

netter (plural netters)

1. One who nets (in any sense), or who uses a net.
   • In England and in Scotland, after centuries of experience, the netter has been so restricted in the use of the destructive engines which were formerly in use there that at the present time many of the more important rivers continue to uphold almost their original standard of fish,—thus actually...1891, Samuel Wilmot, “Salmon Fisheries of the Bay des Chaleurs”, in Part II of Supplement No. 1 to the Annual Report of the Department of Fisheries 1890, Brown Chamberlin (publisher), page 30
2. An Internet or Usenet user.
   • The vast majority of Indonesian netters use landlines, either from home or office, or from a public Internet access point.2005, David T. Hill, Krishna Sen, The Internet in Indonesia's new democracy, page 61

   Synonyms:

   nettie

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