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assessor

  • /əˈsɛsə/ UK
  • /əˈsɛsɚ/ Canada, US
  • /əˈsesə/ Australia, New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, from Latin assessor (“assistant judge; assessor of taxes”). Cognate with French assesseur.

noun assessors · assessour

  1. One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation. On that day Karsfeld, the Princess Street jeweller, y'know, who acted as our jewellery assessor, forwards a proposal of the Hon. Mrs Straithwaite to insure a pearl necklace against theft.
  2. A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.
  3. A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.

    Similar: tax assessor

  4. One who assesses a project for cost evaluation.
  5. UK An official responsible for student welfare.
  6. A member of an executive body in Italian local government.

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noun one who assesses a property

Españolevaluador, evaluadora, tasador, tasadora
Françaisévaluateur, évaluatrice
Italianostimatore, stimatrice
Ελληνικάεκτιμητής ektimitís
Românăevaluator, evaluatoare

noun a specialist who assists the court in determining a matter

Françaisassesseur, assesseure, assesseuse, appréciateur, appréciatrice
Românăasesor, asesoare
Русскийзаседа́тель zasedátelʹ, заседа́тельница zasedátelʹnica

noun one who assesses a project for cost evaluation

Françaisestimateur, estimatrice
Ελληνικάεκτιμητής ektimitís
Românăestimator, estimatoare

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@misc{assessor_2026,
  title = {assessor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/assessor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}