reviewer

[ri-vyoo-er]

noun

1. a person who reviews.

2. a person who reviews books, plays, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reviewer¹

First recorded in 1605–15; review + -er ¹

Example Sentences

WSJ | Buy Side: These are the gifts a professional tech reviewer recommends giving this year.

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Our reviewer, Steven Poole, wrote that “the book proceeds like a convoluted murder mystery, introducing one suspect after another in what seems like an open-and-shut case, before puncturing the promising narrative with an inconvenient fact.”

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The equivalent mode in Battlefield 6 was considered underwhelming by reviewers, and Call of Duty teams are renowned for their skill in crafting explosive set pieces in their narrative modes.

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After the incident, Ms Roberts requested her son's school records, which were first sent to a reviewer for redaction.

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A "pivotal missed opportunity" came when the hospital trust failed to act upon recommendations made by an external reviewer into her work in 2016, the report said.

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