"examiner" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-examiner.wav [Southern-England] Forms: examiners [plural]
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  1. A person who investigates someone or something. Translations (person who investigates someone or something): eksaminator (Afrikaans), 檢查員 /检查员 (jiǎncháyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 調查員 /调查员 (diàocháyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), zkoušející [masculine] (Czech), undersøger [common-gender] (Danish), sagsbehandler [common-gender] (Danish), tutkija (Finnish), examinateur [masculine] (French), examinatrice [feminine] (French), Prüfer [masculine] (German), εξεταστής (exetastís) [masculine] (Greek), εξετάστρια (exetástria) [feminine] (Greek), जाँचकर्ता (jā̃ckartā) [masculine] (Hindi), esaminatore [masculine] (Italian), inquīsītor [masculine] (Latin), scrūtātor [masculine] (Latin), инспе́ктор (inspéktor) [masculine] (Russian), ревизо́р (revizór) [masculine] (Russian), иссле́дователь (isslédovatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), examinador [masculine] (Spanish), mtahini (Swahili), పరీక్షకుడు (parīkṣakuḍu) (Telugu)
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  2. A person who sets an examination.
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  3. A person who marks an examination. Translations (person who marks an examination): eksaminator (Afrikaans), 考官 (haau² gun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 考官 (kǎoguān) (Chinese Mandarin), eksaminator [common-gender] (Danish), censor (fremmed) [common-gender] (Danish), arvostelija (Finnish), Prüfer [masculine] (German), परीक्षक (parīkṣak) [masculine] (Hindi), scrúdaitheoir (Irish), емтихан алушы (emtiyxan aluwšı) (Kazakh), емтихан қабылдаушы (emtiyxan qabıldawšı) (Kazakh), сынакчы (sınakcı) (Kyrgyz), sensor [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sensor [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), экзамена́тор (ekzamenátor) [masculine] (Russian), mtahini (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-examiner-en-noun-tVOb5Ad4 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of 'person who marks an examination': 16 24 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: driving examiner, examinership, external examiner, interexaminer, intraexaminer, medical examiner, subexaminer, superexaminer Related terms: cross-examiner

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      "sense": "person who marks an examination",
      "word": "mtahini"
    }
  ],
  "word": "examiner"
}

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