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triggerer

triggerer noun: one who or that which triggers.

Noun

triggerer (plural triggerers)

  1. One who or that which triggers.
    • Applied to a human being this would for instance mean that to say that someone is influenced by someone else, only refers to the fact that the last person is acting as a triggerer of structural change with regard to the first one, but that the triggerer isn't sure that he can be a triggerer, nor...1992, G. Vijver, New Perspectives on Cybernetics
    Synonyms:
    trigger

Synonyms of triggerer

Forms of triggerer

pluraltriggerers

Origin of triggerer

From trigger + -er. Attested since the 20th century.

Questions about triggerer

What does triggerer mean?
Triggerer means one who or that which triggers.
What part of speech is triggerer?
Triggerer is a noun.
What is the plural of triggerer?
The plural of triggerer is triggerers.

Words near triggerer in the dictionary

  1. trigger-fish
  2. trigger-happiness
  3. trigger-happy
  4. triggerable
  5. triggered
  6. triggerer
  7. triggerers
  8. triggerfish
  9. triggerfishes
  10. triggerhappy
  11. triggering

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