assessor

American  

[uh-ses-er] / əˈsɛs ər /

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.

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assessor British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• assessorial adjective
• assessorship noun

Etymology

Origin of assessor

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

Example Sentences

The report is dated 14 October 2025 and was carried out by the council's fire risk assessor.

From BBC

Tran says the robots provide far more detailed data than traditional inspection by human assessors.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From 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.

From 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.

From BBC

Related Words

• authority
• court
• critic
• expert
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