ratern.1
/ˈreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈreɪdər/ 1. A person who, or a thing which, rates something (in various senses); (in early use esp.) a person who fixes the rate for a tax, wage, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > one who appraises
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praiser1424
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sessor1496
esteemer1551
count-maker1556
rater1611
estimatora1665
appraiser1688
assessor1722
appreciator1728
prizer1749
valuer1799
the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a measurer
meter1336
measurer1552
metster1582
rater1823
quantifier1941
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > associated shore-based personnel > [noun] > one who classifies ships
rater1823
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Perequant, an equall rater, taxer, assessor of others.
1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 211. 1966 An Order that, no Malignants may be raters.
1697 View Penal Laws 292 A Clothier..shall not be a Rater of Wages of any Artificer.
1701 A. J. Compl. Acct. Portugueze Lang. at Avaliadór A taxer or rater.
1728 J. Shaw Pract. Justice of Peace II. 484 A Clothier, being also a Justice of Peace, shall not be a Rater of Wages for any Artificers that depend upon making Cloth.
1779 E. Wolff En Dansk og Engelsk Ord-bog at Taxadeur An appraiser, a taxer, a rater or valuer.
1823 Mechanic's Mag. No. 4. 59 The Rater is to give the rate of a ship's sailing.
1897 Century Dec. 232/1 I am afraid I shall never make a good rater at culture.
1957 D. T. Herman et al. in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 540/1 Two raters independently rated each of the reproductions.
1967 J. M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour x. 182 The use of ‘blind’ ratings, where the raters do not know which of the individuals they are rating are being trained or belong to a control group.
1995 R. Cochrane in C. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. x. 201 Even very young children choose as their preferred best friends other children who are perceived as physically attractive by independent adult raters.
2. Nautical. A racing yacht with a rating (frequently specified by preceding numeral) which determines whether it is subject to a handicap when racing other yachts. Cf. rating n.1 4.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > class of war vessels > vessel of a certain class
rater1891
1891 Field 7 Mar. 336/2 Three centre-board cutters..These include one 10-rater and two 2½-raters.
1905 Rudder Dec. xxxiv We build [boats]..launches, knockabouts, raters, catboats, rowboats, dingeys.
1925 Times 17 Aug. xxi/7 Although the Argentine entry in the 1924 Olympian Games, the rater Blue Red, did not come in first, the manner in which she was handled in the stiff weather off Le Havre was matter for general congratulation among the international sailing men present.
2002 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 7 The boat, also called a 2.5 rater, still races and can be spotted..this weekend competing in the Working Knowledge Corporate Yacht Race.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
ratern.2
/ˈreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈreɪdər/ rare.
A person who rebukes or scolds another.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > rebuker or reprover > scolder
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scolder1673
rater1863
castigator1873
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 218 Here was she already installed as rater of his conduct, instead of rendering him an account of hers.
1884 Sat. Rev. 8 Mar. 321/1 Far be it from us to say that the rating is generally undeserved. But..the rater delivers it evidently from a purely personal point of view.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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