experiencer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that experiences.
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(in case grammar) the semantic role of a noun phrase that indicates the perceiver of the action or state of affairs specified by the verb, as the boy in The boy was warm or in The fly annoyed the boy.
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Etymology
Origin of experiencer
First recorded in 1860–65; experience + -er 1
Example Sentences
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A therapist in Texas has been an "experiencer" since childhood.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
His partner was an experiencer, he said, and he wanted to learn more to support her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Late in the day, Whitley Strieber, the “Communion” author and legendary professed experiencer, opened the Legends of Ufology panel to thunderous applause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
As Buzsáki points out, this entails something like a “homunculus,” a separate experiencer sitting in a mental theater and taking in what the brain “shows” it.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2022
It is the experience he knows, and not himself the experiencer.
From The Nature of Goodness by Palmer, George Herbert
Noah said he resonated with Spielberg’s portrayal of experiencers, a term referring to people who have encountered the paranormal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
So when I started to look into people who have seen UFOs — they call themselves "experiencers" — or just people who've randomly seen UFOs, like pilots, it's generally a fairly transformative experience for them.
From Salon ● May 22, 2024
"My hope is that the Law Commission has covered 'threats to share', anonymity for all experiencers and the need for them not to prove intent."
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2022
While he remained cagey about whether aliens actually existed, he advocated for the experiencers and argued that their stories should be taken seriously.
From Time ● Jul. 6, 2016
In other words, those individuals who corroborate the facts are made, in spite of themselves, experiencers of the same facts.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
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