Examiner
[ɪg'zæmɪnə] or [ɪg'zæmɪnɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an investigator who observes carefully; 'the examiner searched for clues'.
(noun.) someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications.
Checked by Curtis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.
Editor: Nita
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Inspector.[2]. Inquirer, investigator.
Inputed by Bernard
Examples
- The whole staff of instructors, male and female, he set aside, and stood on the examiner's estrade alone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The master looked at the examiner, as if he would have torn him to pieces. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Why, you're a regular cross-examiner! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I am one of the examiners. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I heard one of my examiners--he of the braided surtout--whisper to his co-professor, Est-elle donc idiote? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checker: Velma