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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that rates, especially one that establishes a rating.
  • noun One having an indicated rank or rating. Often used in combination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who rates or sets a value; one who makes an estimate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who rates or estimates.
  • noun One who rates or scolds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who provides a rating or assessment.
  • noun One who rates or scolds.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

rate +‎ -er

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