interviewer

[in-ter-vyoo-er]

noun

1. a person who interviews.

2. a peephole in an entrance door.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interviewer¹

First recorded in 1865–70; interview + -er ¹

Example Sentences

She never married or had children, but told interviewers of two great affairs in her youth, one with a married man.

From BBC

The interviewer will likely be an experienced presenter or journalist.

From BBC

"I will die there," Evans Kibet says, waving his hands in the air towards the unseen interviewer on the video released on Wednesday by a Ukrainian army brigade.

From BBC

As Barrett told many of her interviewers, the conservative majority’s decision doesn’t do away with this Constitutionally guaranteed right.

From Salon

Nothing like that has ever been done before, he told an interviewer.

From Salon

Related Words

• interrogator 
• reporter