auditor
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auditor
- /ˈɔːdɪtɚ/
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman auditour, from Latin audītor (“hearer, auditor”).
noun auditors · auditour
- One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
- In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
- One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
- One who listens, typically as a member of an audience. There is another of better notice, and whispered through the world with some attention; credulous and vulgar auditors readily believing it, and more judicious and distinctive heads not altogether rejecting it.
- One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: listener, hearer, accountant, comptroller, auditing, comptrollership, account, commissioner, supervisor, prosecutor, inspector, officer, appraiser, advocate, monitor, checker
Translations
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noun one who audits bookkeeping accounts
| Español | auditor, auditora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 감사역 gamsayeok |
| 日本語 | 監査役 kansayaku |
| 中文 | 審計員 /审计员 shěnjìyuán, 審計師 /审计师 shěnjìshī, 審計者 /审计者 shěnjìzhě |
| Kiswahili | mkaguzi |
| Português | auditor |
| Français | auditeur, auditrice |
| Deutsch | Wirtschaftsprüfer |
| Italiano | revisore contabile |
| Ελληνικά | ελεγκτής elegktís |
| Română | revizor, revizoare |
| Русский | ауди́тор audítor, ревизо́р revizór, контролёр kontroljór, инспе́ктор inspéktor |
Talk about this word "auditor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/auditor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. auditor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/auditor "auditor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/auditor.Cite this
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title = {auditor},
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