commenter

noun

com·​ment·​er ˈkä-ˌmen-tər How to pronounce commenter (audio)
variants or less commonly commentor
plural commenters also commentors
: one who comments
especially : one who leaves a comment on an Internet site, story, page, etc.
… every blogger and commenter and self-anointed pundit, could outperform any robot writer at a fraction of the cost. Paul Di Filippo
Many websites which allow users to leave comments … use a system called Captcha to check that the commenter is not a computer programme (or 'bot') leaving spam comments. Nick Poyntz

Examples of commenter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The look is so convincing that some commenters under Kamara’s video labeled this technique, which works best with boho braids, the fakeout. Annie Blay, Allure, 16 Apr. 2024 Brett Goldstein, 33, a founder of an artificial intelligence company who made the viral post about the virtual workers, said some commenters had described the model as dystopian while many others had been intrigued. Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024 The majority of Covington’s commenters couldn’t ignore the, um, giraffe, in the room. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024 Some commenters also suggested not having a cake at the wedding at all to avoid the awkwardness with guests. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024 Some commenters took this as proof the case against Trump was corrupt. Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024 The post received more than 600 upvotes in the community thread, and many commenters offered to donate movies to help fill up a new stand. Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2024 In the comments under the story, someone who identified himself as Bianco interacted with commenters, referring to the demands of people whose family members had died in his jails. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024 When the TikTok influencer Charli D’Amelio posted a photo of herself lounging with a small army of colorful Squishmallows, some commenters were quick to deride her collection. Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of commenter was in the 14th century

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“Commenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commenter. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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