Is it der, die or das Rezensent? – der Rezensent, plural die Rezensenten

Why is it der Rezensent?

Rezensent ends in -ent, and most nouns ending in -ent are masculine: in a German dictionary, 84% of them take der.

Sense 1

der

[1] Author of a review

[1] Reviewers are not always popular with the authors
[1] Rezensenten sind bei den Autoren nicht immer beliebt.

[1] "Darwin also treated the reviewers as a luminary"
[1] „Auch die Rezensenten behandelten Darwin längst als Koryphäe.“

More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In exceptional cases, the author does his reviewer in this case"
[1] „Ausnahmsweise tut der Autor seinen Rezensenten in diesem Fall unrecht.“