user UK /ˈjuːzə/US /ˈjuzɚ/ noun6 •One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser. •A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs. •A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account. •An exploiter, an abuser (a person who exploits others, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically). •(Internet, informal) Clipping of username. •(old-fashioned) In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim. formsusers