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viewer

[ vyoo-er ]
/ ˈvyu ər /
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noun

a person or thing that views.
a person who watches television, often a devotee of television or of a particular kind of television program: a weekly show aimed at teenage viewers.
any of various optical devices to facilitate viewing, especially one that is small and boxlike with a magnifying lens, and sometimes a light source, in which a photographic transparency may be viewed.
an eyepiece or viewfinder.
an official inspector of property, public works, or the like.

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RELATED WORDS

watcher, observer, spectator, onlooker, deponent, seer, beholder, bystander, testimony, signer, testifier, proof, eyewitness, signatory, attestor, looker-on, corroborator

Nearby words

  1. view halloa,
  2. view halloo,
  3. view mark,
  4. viewable,
  5. viewdata,
  6. viewership,
  7. viewfinder,
  8. viewing,
  9. viewing lens,
  10. viewless

Origin of viewer

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at view, -er1
Related formsnon·view·er, nounun·der·view·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for viewer

viewer

/ (ˈvjuːə) /

noun

a person who views something, esp television
any optical device by means of which something is viewed, esp one used for viewing photographic transparencies
law a person appointed by a court to inspect and report upon property, etc
Derived Formsviewership, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for viewer

viewer

n.

early 15c., "civic official responsible for surveying property," agent noun from view (v.). Meaning "watcher of television" first recorded 1935, in place of earlier suggestion looker-in (1927).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper