Utilisers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. One who makes practical use of something, applying it effectively to achieve a certain result
2. A person or entity that employs tools, resources, or methods for specific purposes
3. An individual who derives benefit from a system, service, or resource to fulfill needs or objectives

Etymology: "Utilisers" is simply the plural of "utiliser", a noun meaning people who use something. The word is built from "utilise" with the agent suffix "-er", which passed into English from Old English "-ere" and, through Old French "-ier" and Latin "-arius", reaches back to a Latin suffix used to form nouns naming people connected with a thing. The suffix is the same one found in words like "driver" and "baker", so "utiliser" follows a well-worn pattern in which a verb gains a person-noun ending. The verb "utilise" is the more interesting half. It comes from the Latin "utilis", meaning useful, which itself derives from "uti", to use, so the base sense is simply the idea of making use of something. English took the verb and gave it its own noun ending, producing a word that is in effect a doublet of the earlier, more familiar "user".

Synonyms: users, employers, operators, implementers, expenders