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prosumers

prosumers is the plural of prosumer.

Meaning of prosumer

Noun (1)

prosumer (plural prosumers)

  1. A person in postindustrial society who combines the economic roles of producer and consumer.
    • During the First Wave most people consumed what they themselves produced. They were neither producers nor consumers in the usual sense. They were instead what might be called "prosumers."[1980, Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave

Noun (2)

prosumer (plural prosumers)

  1. A serious, enthusiastic consumer: not professional (earning money), but of similar interest and skills to a (generally lower-level) professional, or aspiring to that.

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Questions about prosumers

What is prosumers the plural of?
Prosumers is the plural of prosumer.

Words near prosumers in the dictionary

  1. prosuffrage
  2. prosuicide
  3. prosultiamine
  4. prosumer
  5. prosumerism
  6. prosumers
  7. prosumption
  8. prosupination
  9. prosurfactant
  10. prosurrender
  11. prosurvival

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