examiner

From examine +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/

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examiner (plural examiners)

1. A person who investigates someone or something.
   • 1951 November, “Delays to Boat Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 719:

     Younger [Customs] examiners, who, perhaps, have not yet acquired the intuition resulting from years of experience, seem partly responsible for the closer examination of incoming luggage. Not only is this closer scrutiny arousing feelings of resentment among passengers, but it is causing serious delays in the departure of boat trains, many of which have been reaching their destinations two or three hours late.

2. A person who sets an examination.
3. A person who marks an examination.

• cross-examiner

Borrowed from Latin exāmināre.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/

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examiner

1. to examine

• → Romanian: examina

• “examiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

exāminer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of exāminō

Borrowed from Latin exāmināre, present active infinitive of exāminō.

examiner

1. to question (pose questions to)
2. to torture
3. to consider; to ponder; to weigh up

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• examinateur
• examination
• examineor

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (examiner)