listener
nounUK /ˈlɪsənə/ · US /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/
Etymology From listen + -er.
1
Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
- […] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep[…]1904, William Henry Hudson, “chapter 2”, in Green Mansions:
- And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men:
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
3
Slang A person's ear.
- Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse.
4
Formal A musical anthology.
- Derived terms
- listener fatigue, listenership, nonlistener
- Related terms
- audience