word processor

American  

noun

1. a computer program or computer system designed for word processing.

2. a person who performs word processing.

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word processor British  

noun

1. 1. a computer program that performs word processing

   2. a computer system designed for word processing

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Etymology

Origin of word processor

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

For all that bravado, though, Wang was unable to keep pace with rivals such as Apple and Dell, which provided ever-improving word processors and a whole lot more.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Using a small camera, the scanning machine takes pictures of the text and does electronically what a typist working a word processor does at a keyboard.”

From Los Angeles Times

In this complex, the prime editor works like a "word processor," accurately replacing genomic information.

From Science Daily

As a child in the 1980s, his family owned a word processor with a screen that allowed one to view and edit just a couple lines of writing at a time.

From Los Angeles Times

The first thing they invented like that, that I'm aware of, that you would have in your house, was called a word processor.

From Salon