What does "triggerer" mean?

One who or that which triggers.

What is a synonym for "triggerer"?

Common synonyms include: trigger, trigger.

Triggerer

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Noun

1
One who or that which triggers.
"Applied to a human being this would for instance mean that to say that someone is influenced by someone else, only refers to the fact that the last person is acting as a triggerer of structural change with regard to the first one, but that the triggerer isn't sure that he can be a triggerer, nor what will be the result of being the triggerer."

Synonyms

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trigger trigger

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"Applied to a human being this would for instance mean that to say that someone is influenced by someone else, only refers to the fact that the last person is acting as a triggerer of structural change with regard to the first one, but that the triggerer isn't sure that he can be a triggerer, nor what will be the result of being the triggerer."

Etymology

From trigger + -er. Attested since the 20th century.

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