/krit"ik/ , n.
1. a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes: a poor critic of men.
2. a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, esp. for a newspaper or magazine.
3. a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.
4. Archaic.
a. criticism.
b. critique.
[ 1575-85; criticus kritikós skilled in judging (adj.), critic (n.), equiv. to krít ( es ) judge, umpire ( krí ( nein ) to separate, decide + -tes agent suffix) + -ikos -IC ]
Syn. 2. reviewer, judge. 3. censurer, carper.