assessor

[uh-ses-er]

noun

1. a person who makes assessments, especially for purposes of taxation.

2. an adviser or assistant to a judge, especially one serving as a specialist in some field.

3. Archaic.

   1. a person who shares another's position, rank, or dignity.

   2. a person sitting beside another in an advisory capacity; an advisory associate.

assessor

/ əˈsɛsə, ˌæsɛˈsɔːrɪəl /

noun

1. a person who evaluates the merits, importance, etc, of something, esp (in Britain) work prepared as part of a course of study

2. a person who values property for taxation

3. a person who estimates the value of damage to property for insurance purposes

4. a person with technical expertise called in to advise a court on specialist matters

5. a person who shares another's position or rank, esp in an advisory capacity

Other Word Forms

• assessorial adjective
• assessorship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of assessor¹

1350–1400; Middle English assessour < Medieval Latin assessor one who assesses taxes, Latin: a judge's helper. See assess, -tor

Example Sentences

The close ties between private equity and auditors have raised concerns over the potential threat to the independence of auditors, who are intended to be objective assessors of financial information.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

From there, The Times merged assessor parcel numbers of destroyed homes from the Cal Fire data with those of rebuilt homes from local and state building data obtained from each jurisdiction.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

The Home Office's trafficking assessors - different officials to the team organising removal flights - said the Eritrean man's story was weak.

Read more on BBC

The Risk Management Authority oversees the assessors who examine the risk posed by offenders before OLRs are imposed, and then the risk management plans which kick in after the prisoner is sent to jail.

Read more on BBC

Once eligible, the level of compensation will be decided by an independent assessor.

Read more on BBC

Related Words

• authority 
• court 
• critic 
• expert 
• inspector 
• justice 
• referee