[syn: examiner, inspector]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Examiner \Ex*am"in*er\, n.
One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates;
an officer or person charged with the duty of making an
examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an
examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
examiner
n 1: someone who administers a test to determine your
qualifications [syn: examiner, tester, quizzer]
2: an investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner
searched for clues" [syn: examiner, inspector]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "examiner":
analyst, analyzer, asker, catechist, cross-interrogator,
cross-questioner, detective, examinant, inquirer, inquisitionist,
inquisitor, inspector, interlocutor, interpellator, interrogator,
interrogatrix, interviewer, investigator, observer,
opinion-sampler, poller, pollster, prober, querier, querist,
questioner, questionist, quizzer, sampler, scrutineer,
secret agent, tester, visitator, visitor