Originally: a person who analyses, evaluates, and comments on literary texts; spec. a person skilled in textual or biblical criticism (cf. criticism…

A person who analyses, evaluates, and comments on the qualities and character of literary texts or other works; (in early use) spec. a person…

spec. A person well acquainted with one of the fine arts, and competent to pass a judgement in relation thereto; a critical judge of art or of…

humorously as a personal title.

= critic, n. Obsolete.

a person who reviews (chiefly visual) works of art and comments on their merits, esp. professionally.

A new or modern critic.