word processor

noun

1. a computer program or computer system designed for word processing.
2. a person who performs word processing.

word processor

noun

1. 1. a computer program that performs word processing
   2. a computer system designed for word processing

Word History and Origins

Origin of word processor¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

For example, you’ll get fewer page layout options in the word processor and fewer transition effects in the presentation program.

From Popular-Science

Now every word went through both word processors many times, but it was meant to sound like it had been written by one person.

From Freakonomics

This lets you cast anything playing in a browser window or in a third party app—from a news website to a word processor—as long as the Chrome browser is running as well.

From Popular-Science

By repeating the process with a third app, you can layer it on top of either of the two apps, letting you have a word processor on one side, a calendar on the other, and your messaging app of choice on top of that.

From Time

His colleague at the British Museum, Dr. Jeremy Hill, who curated the 100 Objects book, opted for the word processor.

From The Daily Beast

These are worthwhile questions, usually considered before sidling up to the word processor.

From The Daily Beast

But when I moved to a word processor, my poems grew in length.

From The Daily Beast

The only pecadillo is that I write with a big colored handkerchief over the word processor screen.

From The Daily Beast

Enough decades have passed for these ideas to be run through the word processor again, and reconsidered.

From The Daily Beast

I fired up my Xbox and opened a word-processor and started to brainstorm ideas for my papers.

From Project Gutenberg

Behind or inside the word processor, as behind any digital processing machine, are standardized components.

From Project Gutenberg