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examiner

/ɪɡˈzæmənə/ig-ZA-muh-nur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ɪɡˈzæmənɚ/ig-ZA-muh-nur

Meaningone who examines

Common meaning: a person who tests or inspects

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Journey through time

  1. Latinexaminaresource
  2. Middle Englishexaminensource
  3. Englishexamine‘to inspect closely’
  4. Englishformed in English from examineexaminer‘a person who tests or inspects’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from examine + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXAMINE, p.197 · scan

Source words

  • examinare Latin · source word “to weigh”

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