reviewer

reviewer

English

Etymology

From review +‎ -er.

Noun

reviewer (plural reviewers)

1. A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.
   • 1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:

     AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Ernest F. Carter. Cassell. 63s. [...] Such a disappointing work is embarrassing to the reviewer and unworthy of the great House of Cassell.

   Synonym: critic

2. An inspector.
   • 2007, Mary Choate, Organic Lies:

     The cost of initial site evaluation visits will vary with the cost of travel from the USDA reviewer's duty station to the applicant's place of business.

Translations

critic

Bulgarian: рецензент m (recenzent) Chinese: Cantonese: 評論家, 评论家 (ping4 leon6 gaa1) Mandarin: 評論家／评论家 (zh) (pínglùnjiā) Czech: recenzent m Danish: recensent (da) c Dutch: recensent (nl) m Esperanto: recenzisto Finnish: arvostelija (fi), kriitikko (fi) French: relecteur (fr) m, réviseur (fr) m German: Rezensent (de) m, Rezensentin (de) f Hungarian: recenzens Irish: léirmheastóir m Italian: recensore (it) Japanese: 評論家 (ひょうろんか, hyōronka) Maori: kaiarotake Portuguese: crítico (pt) m Romanian: recenzent (ro) m Russian: рецензе́нт (ru) m (recenzént), рецензе́нтка (ru) f (recenzéntka) Scottish Gaelic: lèirmheasaiche m Spanish: reseñista, reseñante m or f, crítico (es) m, reseñador m, recensor m Swedish: recensent (sv) c Thai: นักวิจารณ์ (nák-wí-jaan) Vietnamese: nhà phê bình

Anagrams

• rereview