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.

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How to use discerner in a sentence

  • He was a man that God endowed with a clear and wonderful depth, a discerner of others' spirits, and very much a master of his own.

    George Fox | George Fox
  • The will, which is illegitimately stretched to include feeling, is treated as the creator as well as the discerner of reality.

    Outspoken Essays | William Ralph Inge
  • I could but smile at the young discerner whose thoughts agreed so fully with my own.

    The Ladies | E. Barrington
  • This clergyman, whose name the Editor is not at liberty to mention, is known to many to be a discerner of spirits.

  • It is said in one place that the "Word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."