examinant
Americannoun
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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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 Margaret Alice Murray
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
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 Charles Mackay
"To cut the matter short, Ratcliffe, you have been a most notorious thief," said the examinant.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
And this examinant saith, that she sent her grey impe, Elizabeth Clark a black imp, and Elizabeth Gooding a white imp.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Margaret Alice Murray
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