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interviewer

noun

  1. person conducting an interview
  2. researcher in sociology who asks questions during a sociological interview
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Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/ / /ˈɪntəvjuːə/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English interview Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English interviewer From interview + -er.

  1. One who interviews.

    “I don't consider myself a nebbish,” Woody told interviewers early in his career, “but everyone else does.”

    "I am glad to know you preserve that old signal box at the top of the incline. Is it not the oldest in Scotland?" an interviewer asks John Conacher, General Manager of the North British Railway, in 1898.