compiler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
  2. noun (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
    compiling program.

WordNet

Com*pil"er noun
Etymology
OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.
Definitions
  1. One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

Webster 1913