digerati

[ dij-uh-rah-tee, ‐rey‐ ]

/ ˌdɪdʒ əˈrɑ ti, ‐ˈreɪ‐ /

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plural noun Digital Technology.

people skilled with or knowledgeable about digital technologies, especially computers and the internet.

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Origin of digerati

First recorded in 1990–95; dig(ital) + (lit)erati

Words nearby digerati

Digby chicken, dig down, Digenea, digenesis, digenetic, digerati, digest, digestant, digester, digestible, digestif

How to use digerati in a sentence

Also, they're probably better at running their business than their many, many freelance marketing consultants among the digerati.
Why Are Cable Companies Forcing People to Turn to Piracy?|Megan McArdle|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The new system is called Google Instant, and it was revealed Wednesday to much fanfare among the digerati.
Google's Plan to Slam You with Ads|Thomas E. Weber|September 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for digerati

digerati

/ (ˌdɪdʒəˈrɑːtɪ) /

pl n

the people who earn large amounts of money through internet-related business

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