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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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.

Noun.

One who examines, tries or inspects; one who interrogates a witness or an offender.

In chancery, in Great Britain, the Examiners are two officers of that court, who examine, on oath, the witnesses for the parties.