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appraiser|əˈpreɪzə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. One who appraises: spec. a person appointed and sworn to estimate the value of property.
1529Petition in Froude Hist. Eng. I. 194 There be limited and appointed so many judges, scribes, apparitors, summoners, appraysers. 1696Lond. Gaz. mmmccxxxviii/3 Officers, who are to be Appraisers and Sellers of all moveable Goods. 1783Burke Rep. Aff. India Wks. 1842 II. 3 Having ordered the appraiser of the company's cloths..to be severely flogged. 1857Toulm. Smith Parish 130 The appraisers sworn to appraise goods sold under distress for rent.
2. transf. One who estimates quality or worth.
1801M. Edgeworth Belinda I. vi. 111 Any fair appraiser of delicate distresses, would decide that I am..more to be pitied than you are. 1824Coleridge Aids to Refl. (1848) I. 149 You have appointed the many as your judges and appraisers. |