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. )

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Example Sentences

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discerner

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

From A Spirit in Prison by Robert Smythe Hichens

It is the true "discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle

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 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

I should be but a poor discerner of mankind, if I did not see that you are a learned servant of the Lord's, and a trusty friend of the worthy Abbot Magnus.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

It was no discerner of people; its area was limitless, it harvested whence it would and, while it was named, it was not understood.

From The Shield of Silence by George Loughridge

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