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 Create your own communities by following other commenters. Hannah Wise, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2024 Some commenters took that to mean the image depicts acts of vandalism that occurred during campus protests of the Israel-Hamas war. Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for commenter 

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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 29 May. 2024.

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