committer

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noun

A person who is authorized to make changes to source code or other material in a repository.

OriginEnglish commit ← Middle English committen ← Latin committō →
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Meanings

nouncommitter (plural committers)

plural committers

  1. computingA person who is authorized to make changes to source code or other material in a repository.
  2. obsoleteA fornicator.

    The ſin of many men Is within you, and thus much I ſuppose That if all committers stood in ranke, They'd make a lane[…] <br<And with their spaces reach from hence to hell.

    1604, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, The Honest Whore
  3. obsoleteA person who commits a crime; perpetrator.

    For some here affirm, that Sin is said to be the Punishment of Sin, because in most sinful Actions, the Committer of them is really a Sufferer in and by the very Sin which he commits

    1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
criminalhoodlumperpetrator

Origin

  1. Latincommittō
  2. Middle Englishcommitten
  3. Englishcommit
  4. Englishcommitter

From commit + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

committer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/committer

MLA

“committer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/committer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “committer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/committer.

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