Meanings
plural assessors · alternative obsolete assessour
- One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
On that day Karsfeld, the Princess Street jeweller, y'know, who acted as our jewellery assessor, forwards a proposal of the Hon. Mrs Straithwaite to insure a pearl necklace against theft.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados - lawA specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.
- A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
Synonyms: tax assessor
- governmentA member of an executive body in Italian local government.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinassessor“assistant judge; assessor of taxes”
- Old Frenchassessour
- Middle Englishassessour
- Englishassessor
From Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, from Latin assessor (“assistant judge; assessor of taxes”). Cognate with French assesseur.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τιμητής
- τιμητής (timētḗs)one who assesses a property
Catalan assessor, taxador
- assessora specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- taxadorone who assesses a property
Finnish asessori, verotarkastaja
- asessoria specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- verotarkastajatax assessor
- kustannuslaskijaone who assesses a project for cost evaluation
- arvioitsijaone who assesses a property
- arvioijaone who assesses a property
- arviomiesone who assesses a property
French assesseur, assesseure
- assesseura specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- assesseurea specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- assesseusea specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- appréciateura specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- appréciatricea specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- répartiteur (de l’impôt)tax assessor
- répartitricetax assessor
- contrôleurtax assessor
- contrôleuretax assessor
- contrôleusetax assessor
- estimateurone who assesses a project for cost evaluation
- estimatriceone who assesses a project for cost evaluation
Greek εκτιμητής, εκτιμητής
- εκτιμητής (ektimitís)one who assesses a project for cost evaluation
- εκτιμητής (ektimitís)one who assesses a property
Hungarian törvényszéki szakértő, adóbecslő
- törvényszéki szakértőa specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- adóbecslőtax assessor
- (for property) ingatlanbecslőone who assesses a property
- ingatlanbecsüsone who assesses a property
- ingatlanszakértőone who assesses a property
- kárszakértőone who assesses a property
- kárbecslőone who assesses a property
- kárfelmérőone who assesses a property
- becslőone who assesses a property
- becsüsone who assesses a property
- értékelőone who assesses a property
- felmérőone who assesses a property
Italian stimatore, stimatrice
- stimatoreone who assesses a property
- stimatriceone who assesses a property
Māori āteha, kaiwāriu
- ātehatax assessor
- kaiwāriuone who assesses a property
Norwegian Bokmål takstmann
- takstmannone who assesses a property
Polish biegły, biegła
- biegłya specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- biegłaa specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- taksatortax assessor
- taksatorkatax assessor
- kosztorysantone who assesses a project for cost evaluation
- kosztorysantkaone who assesses a project for cost evaluation
- rzeczoznawcaone who assesses a property
- rzeczoznawczynione who assesses a property
Romanian asesor, asesoare
- asesora specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- asesoarea specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- estimatorone who assesses a project for cost evaluation
- estimatoareone who assesses a project for cost evaluation
- evaluatorone who assesses a property
- evaluatoareone who assesses a property
Russian заседа́тель, заседа́тельница
- заседа́тель (zasedátelʹ)a specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
- заседа́тельница (zasedátelʹnica)a specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
Spanish evaluador, evaluadora
- evaluadorone who assesses a property
- evaluadoraone who assesses a property
- tasadorone who assesses a property
- tasadoraone who assesses a property
Swedish bisittare
- bisittarea specialist who assists the court in determining a matter
Cite this entry
assessor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assessor
“assessor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assessor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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