torrenter
English
Etymology
torrent + -er
Noun
torrenter (plural torrenters)
- A person who torrents files.
- 2011, Elizabeth Evans, Transmedia Television: Audiences, New Media, and Daily Life:
- Episodes of Pushing Daisies, Sarah Connor Chronicles, and True Blood, which might appeal to young, affluent, and technically adept torrenters, have been leaked to the network to arouse buzz.
- 2017, Vijay, “How Google Drive is turning out to be a popular The Pirate Bay alternative to torrenters”, in Techworm:
- 2019, Brian Feldman, “Piracy Is Back”, in New York Magazine:
- […] while even the most dedicated former movie torrenters were happy with Netflix and its ilk.