viewer
Americannoun
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viewers
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a person or thing that views.
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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.
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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.
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an eyepiece or viewfinder.
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an official inspector of property, public works, or the like.
noun
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a person who views something, esp television
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any optical device by means of which something is viewed, esp one used for viewing photographic transparencies
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law a person appointed by a court to inspect and report upon property, etc
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Origin of viewer
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at view, -er 1
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I have been a loyal, daily viewer for about half that run.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Chilean-American Pascal said his character "just seemed like a person who is as much of a kind of passenger to his life as you are a passenger to his experience...as a viewer."
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Films like “That Thing You Do!” are neither notable nor offensive to the typical viewer, and they never make you wonder “Who is this for?”
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
This provides a viewer with that 100-proof cocktail of envy, loathing and cringy-ness that has been the gold standard of unscripted television.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The peculiar feature of his peep-show construction, that the viewer is looking at himself as well as at the painting, simply recapitulates this earlier tension.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"It's going to be a slog, the sofa is heavier than in 2018, but it's such an incredible opportunity to meet our viewers."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Oregon viewers saw political ads for Maine’s Senate race after a media buying firm bought $25,000 worth of time in the wrong Portland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The FTC said in its legal filing that during a livestream, Shkreli told his viewers: “I’m showing you how to trade and invest in biotech.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
This year’s telecast on NBC and Peacock was watched by 6.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen, down nearly 10% from the year before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
He is bad, as are some of the impassive viewers right in this room, who will soon be judged and exposed by their urine.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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