viewer

English

noun
Definitions
  • Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
  • Someone who watches television.
  • Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
  • (computing) A program that displays the contents of a file.
  • (mining) The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English vewer suffix from English view.

Origin

English

view

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