ˈɪndɛksər

Definitions

1. noun

A person or device that creates or maintains an index, which is a systematic guide to the contents of a collection of information, such as a book or a database.

“The indexer spent hours categorizing the articles in the online encyclopedia.”

2. verb

To create or update an index for a collection of information.

“The company indexer the database to make it easier to search for specific keywords.”

3. noun

In linguistics, a device or mechanism that helps to determine the position or relationship of a word in a sentence, such as a grammatical marker.

“The indexer in the sentence ‘The book [indexer] the title of the chapter’ is the word ‘the’.”