Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - beholder

(beholders) 1. If you say that something such as beauty or art is in the eye of the beholder, you mean that it is a matter of personal opinion. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. PHRASE: v-link PHR 2. The beholder of something is the person who is looking at it. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT: usu the N in sing