examiner

[Eng. exam in (e); -er.] 1. One who examines or inquires into the truth or facts of any matter. "So much diligence is not altogether nece ary, but it will promote the succe of the experiments, and by a very scrupulous examiner of things deserves to be applied."-Newton: Optics. 2. One who examines or interrogates, as a witne or an offender. "A crafty clerk, commi ioner, or examiner , will make a witne speak what he truly never meant." -Hale : Law of England. 3. One who is appointed to examine or test the capabilities, qualifications, progre , or knowledge of candidates for any office, students, . ěx-ăm-in-Ing, *ex-am-yn-yng, pr. par., a. & 8. [EXAMINE.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Inquiring or searching into the truth of any matter; testing. 2. Appointed, or having the power to examine; as, an examining board. C. As subst.: The same as EXAMINATION (q. v.). *ěx-ăm-pla-ry, a. [English exampl ( e ); -ary.] Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. "We are not of opinion that nature, in working, hath before her certain examplary draughts or patterns, which, subsisting in the bosom of the Highest, and being thence discovered, she fixeth her eye upon them." - Hooker . Eccles. Polity, bk. i., ch. iii.