discerner

[dih-sur-ner, -zur-]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of discerner¹

discern ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

“A polymath, a discerner of Nature’s fundamental patterns, and, as such, an expositor for the connections of physics to other disciplines, Murray helped define the approaches of generations of scientists.”

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It is disclosed to the eye behind the eye, to the heart which is the true discerner.

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Bien qu’il s’en défende, M. Grolleau, dans cette langue élégante et harmonieuse que lui connaissent ceux qui ont lu ses beaux vers, réussit a discerner mieux et à mieux révéler que certaines diatribes «l’âme et la passion» de l’auteur de De Profundis.

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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.

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He was by temperament as well as by training, a scholar, a reader of books, a discerner of opinions, a devotee of ideas.

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