noun

• 1A person who sends or directs someone to an expert or specialist for consideration.

  More example sentences

  • ‘because the referrer knows the pulmonologist, he can give the patient more insight into what the doctor is like’

• 2Computing
  The last web address accessed by a browser prior to loading a particular web page, used to identify sources of traffic.

  ‘most of the referrers for my website are search engines’

  More example sentences

  • ‘they have been working on changes to make it easier for users to control referrer data’