scripter

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noun

A programmer who uses a scripting language.

OriginEnglish script ← Middle English scrit ← Old French escrit →
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Meanings

scripter1

nounscripter (plural scripters)

plural scripters

  1. computingA programmer who uses a scripting language.

scripter2

nounscripter (plural scripters)

plural scripters

  1. broadcastingA scriptwriter.

    and condemned as 'the worst film of the year', Gummo is definitely a startling piece of original cinema, marking the directorial debut of Harmony Korine, the 23-year-old scripter of Kids.

    1998, F. Maurice Speed, James Cameron-Wilson (contributors), Film Review, page 55

Origin

scripter · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  4. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  5. Latinscrībō
  6. Latinscrīptum
  7. Old Frenchescrit
  8. Middle Englishscrit
  9. Englishscript
  10. Englishscripter

From script + -er.

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scripter · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  4. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  5. Latinscrībō
  6. Latinscrīptum
  7. Old Frenchescrit
  8. Middle Englishscrit
  9. Englishscript
  10. Englishscripter

From script + -er (“Variety -er”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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