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ascertainer

ascertainer noun: one who, or that which, ascertains.

Noun

ascertainer (plural ascertainers)

  1. One who, or that which, ascertains.
    • Dahbany-Miraglia argues that in the Middle East religion was the dominant criterion of ethnic categorization, whereas in the United States skin color and other physical markers often prevailed as ascertainers of Jewishness.2009, Aviva Ben-Ur, Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History, page 109

Forms of ascertainer

pluralascertainers

Origin of ascertainer

From ascertain + -er.

Questions about ascertainer

What does ascertainer mean?
Ascertainer means one who, or that which, ascertains.
What part of speech is ascertainer?
Ascertainer is a noun.
What is the plural of ascertainer?
The plural of ascertainer is ascertainers.

Words near ascertainer in the dictionary

  1. ascertainable
  2. ascertainableness
  3. ascertainably
  4. ascertained
  5. ascertainedly
  6. ascertainer
  7. ascertainers
  8. ascertainest
  9. ascertaineth
  10. ascertaining
  11. ascertainment

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