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auditor definition

au·di·tor (ô′dit ər)

noun

  1. a hearer or listener
    1. a person authorized to audit accounts
    2. a public official who audits government accounts, distributes revenues, assesses real-estate, inspects scales, etc.
  3. ☆ a person who audits a college course

Etymology: ME < L < audire: see audience

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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