examinant

American  

[ig-zam-uh-nuhnt] / ɪgˈzæm ə nənt /

noun

1. an examiner.

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Etymology

Origin of examinant

1580–90; < Latin exāminant- (stem of exāmināns, present participle of exāmināre ) weighing, trying, examining. See examine, -ant

Example Sentences

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examinant

The purpose of the viceroy, Don Jeronimo de Savedo, in this expedition, as the examinant says, was to destroy the English at Surat.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

It is, then, to the history of Adam that the examinant of the atonement theory should first direct his attention.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh

To every question proposed to him the steward shook his head; and, in spite of the threats of the examinant, and the blows of his followers, he persisted in maintaining silence.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth

"No matter, I want to hear you describe it," said the examinant.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott

It is, then, to the history of Adam that the critical examinant of the Atonement theory should first direct his attention.

From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh