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browser

browser

5 4.4
A person who looks around a shop or library without meaning to buy anything
  • noun
  • /ˈbraʊzər/
translation icon : curioseador
  • The flea market was busy with browsers who were enjoying the atmosphere but had no intention of purchasing anything.
  • web browser

Examples

  • There were many browsers at the library, casually flipping through books just to see what they contained.

  • As a browser in the bookstore, she enjoyed looking at the colorful covers without planning to buy anything.

  • We don't get many browsers anymore.

    Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

  • I am also an inveterate browser among the new titles in bookstores.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The shops were full of browsers, but their wallets were staying firmly in their pockets.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Fariha is a lifelong learner and an avid browser of bookstores.

    Blog text (21)

Compounds

web browser
  • Specialized
19 2.4

A program that finds and shows web pages on the internet

How Purposeful

buyer
431 1.0
customer
∞ 1.0
shopper
156 1.0
browser
5 4.4

Surface Forms

browser singular
browsers plural

Morphology

browser = browse (transparent) = browse + er

Standard agent-noun formation from the verb 'browse' meaning a person who browses.

Etymology

Browser comes from the verb browse, which once meant an animal 'to nibble' leaves and shoots. So a browser is someone who 'nibbles' through shop goods or books, looking around without planning to buy.