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

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

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

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay

But he received still higher encouragement by the patronage of the earl of Orrery, who was a discerner of merit, and saw, that as yet, Mr. Farquhar's went unrewarded.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Theophilus Cibber

He is set for the rise or for the fall of men, and is 'a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren

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

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

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