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

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discerner

Such was the remarkable person with whom Goethe was thrown into contact during a few notable weeks, and who has recorded his impressions of him with the insight of a discerner of spirits.

From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume

Let us expose soul and spirit to the discrimination of the Word of God, which is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)

Last, but by no means least worthy of mention in our list, must come Davies Gilbert, a great discerner of rising genius, to which he was ever ready to lend help and encouragement.

From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Innocentius the Eleventh Was kind-hearted, a discerner Of men's hearts.

From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

He is a poet too, of fine quality; not a singer of sentimental songs, nor a spinner of elegant fancies, but a discerner of the spirit of beauty.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks