I. kənˈsümə(r) noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
: one that consumes
the ship's boilers were great consumers of cordwood — American Guide Series: Minnesota
consumers of political propaganda — Louis Simpson
specifically : one that utilizes economic goods
consumer commodity
consumer demand
consumer price
consumer cooperative
— compare producer
II. noun
: an organism requiring complex organic compounds for food which it obtains by preying on other organisms or by eating particles of organic matter — compare producer herein