noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who chooses something.
2. 2
   a person who chooses or selects out wordnet
3. 3
   A user interface element allowing something to be selected from a list or group.

   "a file chooser; a colour chooser"

Synonyms

All synonyms

electoratepickerpickerselector

Example

More examples

"a file chooser; a colour chooser"

Etymology

From Middle English *chosere, cheoser, chesere, cheosere, equivalent to choose + -er.

Related phrases

beggars can't be choosersuser interface

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