commenter

noun

com·ment·er ˈkä-ˌmen-tər

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

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Social media users have been trying the combination by dipping their burgers into the popular soda, prompting commenters to playfully push back against the viral concoction. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 Of the 70 public commenters who came to the microphone Tuesday, one supported the list as proposed. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 Headlines celebrated the return of one of pop culture's most beloved gingers, and commenters immediately began reminiscing about The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and other now-vintage movies from the era that made Lohan a household name. — Marci Robin, Allure, 5 Aug. 2026 Another commenter, Karla Faucett of SEIU 1021, praised the district’s labor agreement with the teacher’s union. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commenter

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14th century, in the meaning defined above

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