Part of speech: Noun
someone who listens attentively
Categories: Perceiver, Percipient, Observer, Beholder
Auditor, Listener, Hearer, Attender
The word "hearer" comes from Middle English heerar.
hear – A related word in the same word family.
er – A related word in the same word family.
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales show how creatively Middle English speakers mixed vocabularies.