-s( ə )nə(r) noun
( -s )
1. : one that listens
to enjoy conversation means to be a good listener as well as a good talker
this book … is not intended to appeal to the musicologist nor yet to the untrained listener — Ralph Hill
dogs make good listeners on a frontline patrol
2. : one that sets himself to hear
listeners wrote in to congratulate the radio actor on his performance
specifically : auditor 5