"ascertainer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ascertainers [plural]
Etymology: From ascertain + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ascertain|er|id2=agent noun}} ascertain + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} ascertainer (plural ascertainers)
  1. One who, or that which, ascertains.

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