ascertainer

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noun

One who, or that which, ascertains.

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Meanings

nounascertainer (plural ascertainers)

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

Origin

From ascertain + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

ascertainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascertainer

MLA

“ascertainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascertainer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ascertainer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascertainer.

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