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✍️ Person who signs 🤟 Sign language user 💻 Creates e-signature
signer

signer

1 7.4
A person, device, or program that makes a secret digital code to show a message is real
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪnər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : firmante
  • Meet the robo-signer who kicked it off here in this WaPo story.

Examples

  • Robo-signers typically sign their name and the notary.

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  • So we have the signer over here and we have the verifier over here, right?

  • These problems burst into view last fall with accounts of so-called robo-signers processing thousands of foreclosures at a time without the required legal safeguards.

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  • The signer of the document ensured that their digital signature was secured to prevent unauthorized access.

  • Each signer must authenticate their identity before they can digitally sign the contract.

  • The software allows the signer to easily create and manage their digital signatures for different documents.

Synonyms

signatory
vssigner
  • Formal
16 6.1

A person, country, or group that added their name to a paper and must follow its rules

is a digital entity that creates cryptographic proof to authenticate data
signee
vssigner
1 4.4

A person who puts their name on a document to show they agree

is a digital entity creating cryptographic proof not a person adding a name

Surface Forms

signer singular
signers plural

Morphology

signer = sign (semi-transparent) = sign + er

Agentive formation is clear ('one who signs'), but the technical computing sense ('creates a digital signature') requires domain knowledge beyond basic vocabulary.

Etymology

Signer in computers keeps the same idea from sign and the Latin signum meaning 'mark'. A computer or person who is a signer makes a digital 'mark' or signature to show that a message or file is real and approved, so the origin explains the idea of proof.