auditor

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who listens attentively
noun a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit
noun a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization

From Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”).

Now, the auditor was deaf. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
By no means, my dear auditors. — Tanglewood Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Kit's auditor gave a loud whistle. — The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus, Horatio, Jr. Alger

hearer, listener, attender

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