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Webster 1913 Edition


Filer

Fil′er

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Noun.
One who works with a file.

Webster 1828 Edition


Filer

FI'LER

,
Noun.
One who uses a file in smoothing and polishing.

Definition 2024


Filer

Filer

See also: filer

English

Proper noun

Filer

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Idaho.

filer

filer

See also: Filer

English

Noun

filer (plural filers)

  1. Agent noun of file; one who files something.
  2. (computing) A software program for managing files.
    • 1983, InfoWorld (volume 5, number 9, 28 February 1983, page 28)
      The filer allows users to format and copy disks and to include a run-time UCSD Pascal operating system.

References

  • OED2

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin filāre < Latin filum. Compare Italian filare, Spanish hilar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.le/

Verb

filer

  1. (transitive) to spin (a web)
  2. (transitive) to thread through (a crowd)
  3. (intransitive) to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances)
  4. (intransitive, informal) to leave, to get going to scram; slip through
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to pass, to hand, to give
    • Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s'il-te-plaît ?

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Swedish

Noun

filer

  1. indefinite plural of fil