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

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)

He was a lover of truth, and believed himself to be a discerner of it.

From A Spirit in Prison by Hichens, Robert Smythe

He, however, who is obtrusive with his eyes as a discerner, how can he ever see more of anything than its foreground!

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

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

While not in the least suspicious, Rotha was too fine strung not to be an acute discerner.

From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan