discerner

American  

[dih-sur-ner, -zur-] / dɪˈsɜr nər, -ˈzɜr- /

noun

1. a person who perceives or detects something.

   As leaders in the school, we have to be critical discerners of the things brought to our attention.

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Etymology

Origin of discerner

discern ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

He spoke, not as a lover of a certain social and political system, but as a discerner of spirits.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

Well hath it been said of him that "he was a man of God endued with a clear and wonderful depth; a discerner of other men's spirits, and very much a master of his own."

From A Book of Quaker Saints by Hodgkin, L. V. (Lucy Violet)

I suppose the right good fighter was oftenest also the right good forest-feller,—the right good improver, discerner, doer and worker in every kind; for true valour, different enough from ferocity, is the basis of all.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

I suppose the right good fighter was oftenest also the right good forest-feller,—the right good improver, discerner, doer and worker in every kind; for true valor, different enough from ferocity, is the basis of all.

From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

The kritikos, the discerner, if he is ever saying to us, This is not gold; and never, This is; is either very humbly useful, or very perverse, or very unfortunate.

From A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by MacDonald, George