USER

exploiter, user

(noun) a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically

user

(noun) a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

user (plural users)

One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer/client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.

A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

(pejorative) An exploiter, an abuser (a person who "uses" people, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly and/or unethically).

(legal) (dated) In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim. Modern law, guarded against ambiguity, widely disfavors the term.

Synonyms

• (one that unfairly takes advantage of or exploits): parasite

Antonyms

• nonuser

Hypernyms

• person

Hyponyms

• end user

• magic user

• misuser

Anagrams

• ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, Ruse, rues, ruse, suer, sure, ures

Source: Wiktionary


Us"er, n.

1. One who uses. Shak.

2. (Law)

Definition: Enjoyment of property; use. Mozley & W.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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