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Webster 1913 Edition


Abstracter

Ab-stract′er

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Noun.
One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abstracter

ABSTRACT'ER

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Noun.
One who makes an abstract, or summary.

Definition 2024


abstracter

abstracter

English

Alternative forms

Noun

abstracter (plural abstracters)

  1. One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. [First attested in the late 17th century.][1]
    an abstractor of title
  2. Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work.
  3. An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.

References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10