examinant

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/ɪɡˈzæmɪnənt/

noun

One who examines; an examiner.

“February 5 1722, Humphrey Prideaux, Articles for the Reformation of the two Universities the Examinants appear before them, in classes of ix at a time, and each class shall be examined […]”

OriginLatin examinantis →
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Meanings

nounexaminant (plural examinants)

plural examinants

  1. obsoleteOne who examines; an examiner.

    “No matter, I want to hear you describe it, ” said the examinant.

    1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC
  2. obsoleteOne who is to be examined.

    February 5 1722, Humphrey Prideaux, Articles for the Reformation of the two Universities the Examinants appear before them, in classes of ix at a time, and each class shall be examined […]

Origin

  1. Latinexaminantis“examining”
  2. Englishexaminant

From Latin examinantis (“examining”).

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APA

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MLA

“examinant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/examinant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “examinant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/examinant.

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