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

Whereupon the gentleman drawing near unto this examinant, she did make a curchy or courtesy unto him, as she did use to do to gentlemen.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice

And this examinant saith, that the names of her three imps were Margaret, Amie, and Susan.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice

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 Kerr, Robert

The priest hesitated: something like vexation was kindling in his cheek, while the utmost calmness and confidence seemed to mark the countenance of the examinant.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

She, this examinant, did not much regard it, supposing the children had played tricks, and put the pins into their mouths themselves.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Mackay, Charles