Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Browser \Brows"er\ (brouz"[~e]r), n.
   An animal that browses.

Source : WordNet®

browser
     n 1: a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything
          in particular
     2: a program used to view HTML documents [syn: {web browser}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

browser
     
         A program which allows a person to read
        {hypertext}.  The browser gives some means of viewing the
        contents of {nodes} (or "pages") and of {navigating} from one
        node to another.
     
        {Netscape Navigator}, {NCSA} {Mosaic}, {Lynx}, and {W3} are
        examples for browsers for the {World-Wide Web}.  They act as
        {clients} to remote {web servers}.
     
        (1996-05-31)