COBOLer

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noun

A programmer who uses COBOL.

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Meanings

nounCOBOLer (plural COBOLers)

plural COBOLers

  1. A programmer who uses COBOL.

    COBOL software appears to be slightly outliving COBOL programmers. Thus, the need for COBOLers is likely to stay reasonable in the near term.

    2002 December 17, Topmind, “The problem COBOL programmers have moving to objects”, in comp.object (Usenet), retrieved 23 Dec 2022

Origin

From COBOL + -er.

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Translations

Japanese コボラー
  • コボラー (koborā)programmer who uses COBOL

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Crooble
Cite this entry
APA

COBOLer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/COBOLer

MLA

“COBOLer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/COBOLer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “COBOLer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/COBOLer.

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